Chapter One Hundred and Seven

Noa shook his head vehemently and very gently she placed one of her small hands on each of their arms,

‘Sarò perfettamente al sicuro perché avrò voi due e tutte le mie guardie dietro di me, eliminando gli uomini di Khalid e rendendo sicuro per me negoziare con il mostro.’ [I will be perfectly safe because I will have you two and all of my guards behind me, taking out Khalid's men and making it safe for me to negotiate with the monster.]

They argued with her for an hour but she was insistent it was the only solution and when they finally acquiesced she made them stay up most of the night thrashing out the details of her plan. It was imperative that nothing could go wrong, so they went over it again and again and as the dawn broke she turned to her two friends,

‘Dormi un po', ci muoviamo all'imbrunire..’ [Get some sleep, we move at dusk.]

A few hours later she was sat in the back of the limousine as it headed for the Municipal Hall at the centre of the nearby town, tonight Khalid was