Free The Sheik’s Captured Princess (The Samara Royal Family Series Book 4) by Elizabeth Lennox Page B

do.  He’d practically dared her to do it, she told herself.  Her heart accelerated with the idea of doing it. 
    But could she?   What if she weren’t successful?  What if she was caught? 
    She had to risk it.  He’d dared her!  She couldn’t ignore the dare!
    What would her brothers do in this situation? 
    Oh, they would definitely take action.  They wouldn’t wait around and wonder if they would get their property back.  Ramzi, Rais and Turk would be figuring out how to accomplish their goals and they wouldn’t get caught. 
    Besides, she’d trained for something like this!  She’d worked hard with her security guards to know how to get in and out of difficult situations.  Of course, those were situations in which her self-defense was at risk and not trying to break into an extremely high-security building. 
    She wouldn’t actually breaking in, would she?  Ciala considered her options.  She was being a wimp by just letting the man dictate the time and place for the release of her research.  Of course, she’d gotten into this mess.  But didn’t that just mean that she should get herself out of it?
    Her brothers wouldn’t wait.  They would take action. 
    She thought about Shantra but almost laughed at her baby sister doing anything other than shopping.  Shantra was loads of fun and one of the most creative people she knew, but the woman was all about clothes and shopping.  If that woman wore the same outfit more than once, Ciala hadn’t noticed it. 
    Nope, Shantra would definitely wait out the obnoxious sheik.  She would wait and wonder.  So was Ciala more like her brothers who went after things when something wasn’t right?  Or was she more like Shantra who waited and hoped for the best? 
    Ciala definitely wanted to be more like her brothers.  A woman of action!  A woman who took charge and figured out how to get what was rightfully hers!
    But then there was that kiss.  She didn’t want to risk that kiss again.  And she definitely didn’t want him to touch her like he had back in Kilar.  The way he’d touched her had ruined her nights ever since that day! 
    She slipped out of the large, comfortable bed and paced back and forth in the dark.  She’d made the decision to retrieve her camera and research.  So now she just had to come up with a plan of action.  He’d said he would take them to his private apartment to keep them safe.  Was he in his apartment?  Was he waiting for her to try something? 
    He’d gone to his office to work, she reminded herself.  He’d had those phone calls to make.  He’d said so!  Her research was just sitting in her bag in his private suite.  She knew where it was, she’d seen the servant carry the bag through the doors.  It was only a couple of doors down.  She could sneak through the back garden.  She suspected there were probably only one or two walls she’d need to climb in order to get to his courtyard and there would be minimal security inside the palace.  Of course, she wasn’t very knowledgeable about what kinds of security measures would be in place, but she figured the private living quarters would be well guarded from the outside, but not so much from the inside. 
    She was going to do it!  She wasn’t going to wait around and wonder!  She was going to get this over with.  And when she walked out of the palace tomorrow morning, she would smile smugly at the obnoxious man because she had her stuff in her suitcases while he thought it was still stored in his private quarters. 
    Ciala was finished waiting!  She was going to do this!  Pulling on the pair of leggings and dark shirt she’d brought with her for a more comfortable flight home, she tied her hair back out of the way and mentally prepared herself for what was to come.  If she were caught, she’d be accused once again of spying.  But if she weren’t caught….
    Yes, she was going to do this.  And she wasn’t going to get caught. 
    Stepping out