Finding Out More
The Black Void - Episode 5143
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Even though Harun and his colleague have said that their order will help
me in freeing Don, what they want me to do gives me pause.
"You want me to go back into the palace?!" I say. "Even disguised as I am, that would be taking a hell of a risk. Why does it have to be me who gets this Eye of Aruhas for you? Why can't somebody else do it?" "As you might imagine, security at the palace is now very tight. Arif fears that he might go the same way as his predecessor. With good reason, as there are many who would like to see him dead. No stranger could hope to get into the palace. No male stranger, at any rate. But a woman would attract far less suspicion, especially if she carried a forged letter saying that one of Arif's henchmen had recruited her to the harem." "Even though it was supposedly a harem girl who killed the old Sultan?" "Even so. Nobody would believe that a second harem girl could also be an assassin. It's just too improbable. The supposed killer is known to have been fair-skinned, looking nothing like you do now. That is an excellent disguise that you have adopted." "Not good enough to prevent you from seeing through it, apparently. That doesn't fill me with confidence." "You were only recognised because one of our people saw you leave with Teran and, as luck would have it, saw you return to the city with him, and put two and two together in the light of what we knew about the fate of your friend Don." "Teran!" I say, reminded of him. "He was supposed to be guarding Maris, and then Maris walked in here. I'm worried about him."
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JH
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