Immediately she was overpowered, shackled over a whipping bench and the Chief Eunuch spoke to her.After three tries he discovered she understood some ...nglish and said to her, "You will have to be whipped for attacking my assistant. If you carry on misbehaving, I will carry on whipping you, but I am certain we neither of us want that. No matter how you have been treated anywhere else, you are now in the harem of His Magnificence, the Emir Mahmoud Abdullah, may he live for ever, and here you will. "Not if he knows what is good for him," he jokes back.Saul has set a beautiful table for us. Meat, eggs, bread, jams, flowers, the works."You two are about as subtle as a bear on the hunt," Saul shakes his head at us."Forgive us, we were talking," I apologize with a kiss."I know how you like to talk," Saul struggles to be angry for a second but ends up grinning once I deepen the kiss."In part she is right, we had to talk. The rest is just her youthful enthusiasm," Nimrod winks at me.I stop my. And you're also aware that I am your only chance of being found innocent? As a woman on a disobedience charge it's me or no defence at all".Katie already knew this, but as she flinched as his hand rose to gently stroke her right arm she also knew that this dirty old man who had made her wear these heels and strip to her underwear was going to want more than the money she was required to pay him for his assistance.The old man took a step back to admire the full specimen before him, he couldn't. Is there something specific I can help you with?" People always say that, but it's never true. You did mean to be rude. You want me to hurry up and leave so you can continue your coy game with my daughter."I refused to rise to her bait. Silence is the best defense when someone is trying to manipulate you."I've suspected that you and she were lovers for years. Jules tried to say that it only happened recently, but I don't actually believe her. She had told me you kissed as girls. I heard her.