el-Nur and professed her love. He could be spectacularly obtuse and hadn’t even realised she fancied him. I always thought that was why his lovers were older, more experienced women; they must have made it absolutely clear they...’ He cleared his throat and continued. ‘Well, when he tried to explain he did not think of her in those terms, she burst into tears and threw her arms around him and of course that was the moment Khalidi and his head guard Abu-Abas barged into the house with a band of his men.’
‘Goodness. Couldn’t your cousin or your mother explain what had happened?’
‘Unfortunately, they were away that evening, I can’t remember where. But while I was trying to explain it to Khalidi, Abu-Abas ordered the soldiers to detain Edge. Again, unfortunately, Sam tried to stop them and managed to land on her behind to which Edge took offence and gave Abu-Abas a bloody nose and we were in the middle of a melee. By the end of it Edge was carted off to gaol.’
‘Oh, no! Poor Lord Edgerton.’
‘Since I was left to try to prevent Sam from disembowelling Abu-Abas, believe me, I would have preferred to take Edge’s place. She was spitting mad and terrified of what they might do to Edge. She thought it was her fault, which, to be fair, it was.’
‘Oh, the poor girl. I would have been terrified as well if something like that happened to one of my brothers. But what has this to do with cats?’
‘Well, they refused to release Edge because hawajis, or foreigners, weren’t very welcome in Qetara at the time and so Sam concocted a plan to put pressure on Khalidi by abducting one of his beloved cats.’
Ellie groaned. ‘That sounds like a plan Hugh would concoct.’
‘My sympathies. It was definitely not one of my better efforts. We brought a special reed box and sneaked into Khalidi’s house and found two of his most indolent felines. Unfortunately, we took a wrong turn on our way out and found ourselves face to face with Khalidi and his family. Sam panicked and dropped her side, which woke the cats and they started yowling.’
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