Chapter 136

And we had fallen into them like simple, unsuspecting animals. How could we not? We didn’t expect anything to be there. We had been traveling through the area for months, taking over the land to such an extent that the wildlife was migrating away from us, and we were already considering traveling to other locations for hunting exercises and Friday outings. I became confident, and instead of being alert to my surroundings—

A chill ran down my spine as my cell phone vibrated in my pocket. At that moment in Cairo it was noon. I was very pleasantly surprised when Ami finally called:

“Me? How are you? Do you have something for me?”

“Lai, I know it’s very late, but I’m on the air right now,” he told me, in an urgent and low tone. A lot of interference could be heard on the line. “We will land in Krasnoyarsk in an hour and a half. Alhasan Al-Brahkhan wants to meet with you. Can you find us on the VLC track? I don’t know what the hell is going on. I didn’t get any response