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course he waved to acknowledge that all his divers were up and started the boat. "It's given me a
chance to think through some things, make some decisions."
I knew better than to ask what decisions. So did Rhys. And the other diver on our boat, a Greek guy
named Niko, was too wrapped up in the day's finds to care.
When we reached the cabin cruiser, Lex declined to come up. He and Rhys shook hands and thumped
each other on the back before Rhys climbed out, leaving us to our privacy.
"So," I said, making no move to get out of the Zodiac. I really wanted to go back to diving. And yet, I
didn't want him to head out so soon. Just how selfish was I? "What do you suppose Phil would think
about you helping me look for the Isis Grail?"
Just imagining his cousin's reaction amused me.
"I wasn't planning on mentioning it to him," Lex admitted.
"Good plan."
"See? Some secrets do have their place."
I groaned. Then I leaned forward, into his arms, and his embrace welcomed me. I rested my head on his
shoulder, marveling at how dry and warm and solid he seemed after a morning underwater. Howreal .
"I've made a reservation at the Four Seasons," he told me, laying his cheek on my head. "I'll leave a
message with your hotel once I have a suite number."
I wish you weren't going. I had to swallow back those words even I wasn't that selfish. Or that cruel. I
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was the one who'd told him to leave in the first place!
For good reason, I reminded myself. This wasn't his quest, it was mine. His quest&
Not for the first time, I wondered exactly how he meant to regain leadership of the
Comitatus assuming that really was his plan and how dangerous that might be forhim . "So you think
you'll be inCairofor a few days?"
"At least a week," he said, rather than asking how long I would be inAlexandria. "I've scheduled some
meetings."
I leaned out of his embrace. "Already?"
He tapped the mobile phone hanging off his belt. This man could conduct business anywhere, couldn't
he?
Then again, I'd been underwater for a long time, leaving him alone and bored.
"Are they meetings I would be interested in?" I asked.
"Probably," said Lex. "Which is exactly why I can't tell you about them."
When I narrowed my eyes at him, he kissed me. It didn't last anywhere near long enough. Then, because
I couldn't keep him here forever, I stood to climb the ladder to the cruiser's deck. "Be careful?" I asked.
"Within reason," he assured me.
Catrina was waiting up top. "It is about time," she chided, before stepping over the rail to climb down.
"What?" I looked over the edge at her, and Lex waved, seemingly unperturbed. Then I looked toward
the others, where they'd set out a lunch. "What?"
Rhys seemed equally surprised. "Where is Catrina going?"
"I told her she must only work a half day as she recovers," explained d'Alencon, distracted by the
papers he was reviewing. "She volunteered to drive the boat back."
When I looked back down, the Zodiac was already pulling away, toward the crescent shore of the
harbor.
Catrina seemed to be saying something to Lex. Lex did not look back at me.
And overhead, a hawklike bird circled.
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In a perfect world, I would have found the cup that very afternoon.
Instead, two afternoons later found me suiting up in the Zodiac for yet another dive with no more
information than before. I'd talked again to Tala, who held firm that unless I helped Jane and Kara, she
would not share her ancestral secrets about the Isis Grail. I'd lost track of how many dives I'd made.
Even d'Alencon commented on my extraordinary commitment for an observer.
"Remarkable," mused Catrina dryly as she, too, wriggled into a dry suit. "Is it not?"
She'd been her usual annoying self, worse through the close confines of sharing a room, for the previous
two nights. She claimed to have discussed my relationship with Rhys on her boat ride to shore with Lex,
and although I had nothing to hide, I felt uneasy imagining the lies she could have told. She talked about
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