Free The Sheik's Furious Bride (Love By Accident) by Elizabeth Lennox Page A

and mosaics.  Now, the pictures that had been there previously were torn up or bullet marked.  Isla thought it was a shame to have such beautiful history desecrated in such a way, but she understood why Hussan hadn’t spent the money or time to fix these hallways.  He was right about the people needing roads and infrastructure first.  In fact, a part of her, only a small part though, actually admired the man for his selflessness in trying to fix the country’s infrastructure before seeing to the creature comforts of the palace. 
    The room to which she was led was actually one of the most beautiful she’d ever seen.  It was elaborately decorated with wispy curtains that screened out the worst of the light from enormous windows that allowed one to look out into a quaint little courtyard that was filled with flowers and pretty trees shading a lovely little fountain.  The bathroom had all of the latest amenities but with what looked like solid gold faucets on the sinks and in the shower area.  The bathroom even included an enormous sunken bathtub larger than she’d ever seen in her life.  She’d lived in luxury since her birth, but this truly was lovely.  Even the large, round bed was covered in fluffy pillows and a comforter that looked to be down filled and puffed up about a foot. 
    Despite herself, she was impressed.  But as she looked around, she had no idea what to do.  She had no clothes so she couldn’t unpack.  She had no makeup so she couldn’t freshen up and look more presentable.  She didn’t even have a book to read that would occupy her time.
    “I’m not staying here like a prisoner,” she snapped to the empty room.  She tossed the file down onto the bed and turned around, heading right back for her body guards.  She found both of them outside of the suite they’d led her to, standing at attention of course. 
    “ I’m sorry, but I don’t really know what to do with myself at the moment.  This change has all been extremely sudden so I’m a bit out of my element.  Could either of you take me on a tour of the city?   Just so I can get to know the area and see what Silaria is like?  ” she asked carefully and with a smile.  She hated being bored and couldn’t stand inactivity.  She needed to get out and do something and the best way, in her mind, was to see what needed to be done. 
    Both of them looked at the other, then one reached behind him.  Isla was initially alarmed that he was about to pull a gun and force her back into her room, but he pulled out a radio and pressed a button, speaking into the receiver.  He quickly relayed the question to what Isla assumed was his commander.
    Apparently, she received permission and the two men nodded back to her.  “This way,” the older one said.   He was very serious about the mission, looking grim at the possibility of something happening but he was willing, which was a very nice surprise.  She had to give the guard credit for a spur of the moment request like this.  She knew the dangers he was facing but considered them to be minimal at the current time since not many people knew that she was even in the country, and even fewer might suspect her future role with Hussan. 
    Good grief, even she wasn’t sure she believed what her future role would be. 
    It had been a confusing day, she thought with a sigh. 
    Isla followed them through the hallways once again and was surprised when she was led through an exit and then right into a large, black SUV.  There were actually three of them and she was led to the first one.  She climbed into the back of the truck and made herself comfortable, wondering what she was going to see. She braced herself for the worst, but remembered the sights from the helicopter.  Hopefully, she was wrong about her impressions.  But how could she be?  Too often, she’d tended to those who had been having problems with the local authority figures, most of whom weren’t legitimate officers but simply