"Looks like a camera and a laptop bag," he mumbled, lunging down and picking up the small raven case, which corroborated his feelings. "Hmm. It had likely been dropped during all the violence." Hurling the camera case over, Shawn assessed it more closely, then opened the zipper and removed the digital device. "Fuck… it! Dave must have taken pictures of the chambers."
"Why would he do that?" Catherine asked from his side.
Meanwhile, Ben had finished up with the tire and was loading up the meager equipment in the huge metal crate in the front of the vehicle bed. "Did you guys find something?" He cried out across the lot.
"Yeah," Shawn retorted his question first.
Shawn felt terrible for Ben's condition; he was getting weaker and had been in a shootout that nearly killed him, but the man was overjoyed to be back in his so-called adventurous life. Their rental vehicle, on the other hand, had been severely damaged beyond recognition. The car had been essentially destroyed in the two firefights it had been involved in thus far. Shawn couldn't figure out how the engine had kept running. "Aw, Shawn, I really appreciate it. But don't worry, you can easily afford hundreds of them, and the owner won't mind. I knew him back in the day; he was a darling." Ben had responded to Shawn's apology with a wide grin and a hand pass. The gang exited the truck and climbed the short set of stairs inside the old-looking brick building. The computer business center appeared to be in line with the
"Oh yes, it's a fucking ring," Shawn grumbled with a smile. "So what the hell does it mean?" Ben responded, "Well, this is, I believe, the key. And yeah, but that’s only half of the puzzle. None of it makes sense unless we know where all of these Asians lived and where they were in Thailand. We identified it as Thailand. We have the ring. We have the tablet. And now... where to go?" The mood that had, for a moment, been upbeat turned sour again. Again, silence took over the group as they stared at the screen, understanding part of what they were looking at, but not enough to know where to go next. Catherine broke the hush after a few minutes of thought. Her arm extended out as she pointed at something on the screen. "What does that symbol mean?"
Warning Rated PG+18 Thirty minutes later, the group had found a lodging place near the town’s park. It was a bed and breakfast inn that had a small main hall, and simple but clean rooms, for which the couple was grateful. While they waited for Eddie and his men to arrive, Ben found a small cafe nearby and ordered something for them. Inside the cafe bar, they noticed how gloomy and chilled the place was, with soft lounge music and a more ambient atmosphere. The overall view has a solid, incandescent, out-of-the-way polish style and a small, well-stocked wine cellar in the middle. After a simple dinner, they went out of the cafe and Shawn took their things out of the car while Ben went to relieve himself. Shawn leaned in again on Catherine and planted a quick kiss on her lips before closing the car door. On the way out of the parking lot, he told her about what he intended to do with her in their room. Her cheeks flushed. "Seriously? Do you still think about that? Aren't we supposed t
Warning Rated PG+18 Shawn turned himself around, and now Catherine was on her back. "Shawn, I'm not even done yet." She bit her lips as he kissed his way over to her breast and gently suckled on it, as well as using his free hand to play with the breast just left. "Later, wife, for now, it's my turn to make you scream." "Shawn, I already came earlier, let me..um-" She moaned her words as he slowly kissed his way down the beautiful length of her body until he reached her glorious shaved love nest. Shawn thought how she smells like roses in the sunlight to him, just a wonderful, delicious scent that fills his nostrils and has him wanting to dive right in. But, alas, he held back, and gently nestled his face into her warm, hot haven, flicking his tongue back and forth across her sweet clit, feeling it begin to get hard under
It had only taken the dark Range Rover five hours to make the drive through the rolling highlands and roadside ranches to the nearest airport, but they were unable to take off because of the incoming storm that would take a day to cease, so they looked for a nearby town that wasn't too crowded with tourists. The next morning, the gang was able to fly through Thailand, and after fourteen hours of flight, they arrived at Bangkok international airport. Then they rented a car for their first stop, the ancient city of Muang Boran. It was located 30 km outside the center of Bangkok, in the Samut Prakan district. Their open-air museum offers more than 120 replicas of monuments on larger or smaller scales, but often at the actual size of the most remarkable buildings in Thailand or neighboring countries. Inside the rented car, Dave was amazed by the be
Dave squatted down to get a closer look at the painting. It looked more like it had come from an ancient Middle Eastern society than a Thai one. On the frame, fluid snakelike carvings adorned the side in shapes that crisscrossed like a complicated puzzle. As he scooted around to the back of the display stand, he beheld an image of two Buddhas, almost identical to the ones in the four chambers in Poland he had discovered. "This is it," he whispered. "I think this is the next clue." Javier appeared unimpressed. "That? What on earth are we looking for anyway? What does it mean?" Dave had grown tired of these under enlightened men. Nothing annoyed him more than naive treasure hunters who only scanned because of the prestige and wealth antiquities might bring. Yes, before meeting Anthony, he was one of them, naive and uninterested in a world of uniqueness, but everything changed when the old man began to see glimpses of the real adventure and history that treasure hunting might bring. W
"But the painting remained here." In a moment of reflection, Dave slipped the question in."Yes.""How about the real ring?""No, I have no idea about it, no one does," Arthit's reply was vacant as the man shook his head, knowing that this British guy knew something more and that the massive guards were after the ring of the keeper. "The ring does exist, but it has been missing since God knows when.""Maybe take it to a safe place?" Javier asked.The Thai grumbled something they didn't understand and nodded his head."Yes. The Buddha’s keepers kept their secret," he said, motioning at the wooden representation of the old Thai ancient chief. "They knew that the
Bangkok, Thailand. Shawn and Catherine stood waiting at the information desk in the welcome center of the ancient city museum. It was an hour ago when Richmond’s private jet arrived at the airport, Eddie and his men, however, went back to London for urgent business that involved Chelsea. The three were welcomed by one of the managers of Richmond’s hotel in Bangkok branch, who was now standing near the VIP car with their local driver. Since they’d arrived, no museum worker or staff had been seen. Ben had lingered in the entryway, checking text messages, more than likely from his nephew. "Odd, where is everybody?" Catherine asked as she looked around. "Yes, it is, but I think it's Labour Day," Shawn responded and held her hands as they entered the visitors' area. "How did you know that?" "Well, I know Thailand by heart. I had done my fair share of research. Did you know Thailand has a population of almost 70 million? It is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by La