Chapter 118: Carla

Friday. Aegis Group Headquarters, Cairo, Egypt.

CARLA PEERED OUT OF the bathroom window into the courtyard below. Her experience with the rest of the world was confined to resorts and expensive hotels while traveling with Ashton. She was fascinated with the slice of real life she saw going on around her. The Aegis Group facility was, well, it looked like something out of a movie.

The stone structure appeared to be a large rectangle situated around a central courtyard with wings on either side, a sturdy gate and the bulk of the rooms on the far end. The rooms she'd seen had beautiful carvings on the walls and the doors were heavy wood with scenes cut into them. Even the room she'd been shown to was a work of art with its tiled bathroom and the beautiful furniture.

She glanced at the big bed with the halo of morning light falling across the pale sheets.

What time was it and what time did her body think it was? Did it matter?

As soon as they were cleared to fly into Beirut th