Chapter 28 Why Sheikh Omer Ibrahim?

'So you are one of the rebel insurgents Omer Ibrahim mentioned.'

For a second Abdullah's gaze blazed fury but then he merely inclined his head. 'So it would seem.'

'Why should you be on the throne?'

'Why should Omer Ibrahim?'

'Because he is the heir.'

Abdullah glanced away, his expression veiled once more. 'Do you know the history of Jumeirah, Your Highness? Why Ali Ahmed was crowned? And, suddenly he had a son from a Filipina woman?'

'I've read something of it,' she answered, although the truth was her knowledge of Jumeirah, history was sketchy at best. There hadn't been time for more than a crash course in the heritage of the country of her future husband.

'Did you know it was a peaceful, prosperous nation for many years—independent, even, when other countries buckled under a wider regime?'

'Yes, I did know that.' Omer Ibrahim had mentioned it, because his own country was the same as in the Territory of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and had enjoyed nearly a thousand years of peaceful