Chapter 353 A Perilous Inheritance: #68

• They were camping just north of the mountainous escarpment that protected Salalah at Bandar Nus when Sheikh Hakeem sent for them. Entering the tent, they saw that a rolled-up carpet lay at the sheikh's feet, which were resting on it.
• "I have something to show you," Sheikh Hakeem said, kicking the rolled-up carpet so that it unrolled, eventually revealing a man whose ankles were zip-tied together, as were his wrists behind his back, his face clearly that of the man who had inquired after them in Bora Bora, despite the tape across his mouth. "Do you know him?"
• "No," they all replied at once.