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“Was he the same man who spoke to Nasir, do you think?”
Niq shook his head. “No. There was no lordly way about him. He was a simple servant, judging by his manner. His master must’ve held him in deep confidence, though, if he entrusted him with such a job.”
Darius chewed on his lower lip. The origin of the plot was proving a dead end if the brothers were to be believed. Although he had foiled the plan by virtue of discovering it, it was essential that he find the traitor, for no doubt whoever was bent on assassinating Artaxerxes, would try again. “To whom were you supposed to deliver the dagger and the missives in Susa?”
“I have no name,” Nasir said.
“Of course not.”
“But I have a place and time of meeting.”
Darius smiled slowly.
STRIKING BEAUTY COMES AT A PRICE
Rahab paid it when at the age of fifteen she was sold into prostitution by the one man she loved and trusted—her father. With her keen mind and careful planning she turned heartache into success, achieving independence while still young. And she vowed never again to trust a man. Any man.
God had other plans.
The walls of Jericho are only the beginning. The real battle for Rahab will be one of the heart.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: The Eighth Year of King Artaxerxes’ Reign* Persia
Chapter Two: The Sixteenth Year of King Artaxerxes’ Reign* Persepolis
Chapter Three: The Nineteenth Year of King Artaxerxes’ Reign* Persepolis
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Author’s Notes
Acknowledgments