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"I never said you had to leave right away," I chided in a whisper, which, since my lips were so near his
ear, made him shiver. His sigh, warming my neck, returned the favor.
As he stepped into the elevator, Catrina hopped in after him. "Do you think I stand by lifts for no
reason?" she challenged, when I stared.
Then Lex had the grillwork closed, and the pair of them rumbled out of sight. Lex's head tipped back as
they sank, watching me for as long as possible, as if taking some kind of strength from the sight of me.
Catrina, on the other hand, stared athim  with blatant hunger.
I reminded myself that Lex had handled worse than her in his time.
Me, I closed the distance to a seemingly disturbed Rhys and unlocked my hotel room. Lex was right. I
had to fill Rhys in on what had happened or more to the point,not happened inCairo.
Lex enjoyed himself the next morning, and I enjoyed watching it. Dressed casually in khakis and a polo
shirt, he seemed completely at home on the cabin cruiser that served as a floating headquarters. He was
genuinely friendly with the archeologists and impressed by their expedition. When I overheard him asking
d'Alencon what kind of funding the project had, I sneaked a glance at Rhys, who tried and failed to
look innocent.
The mystery of yesterday's equipment failure still hadn't been solved, but the rumor being murmured
between interns and archeologists was sabotage. I couldn't help suspecting Comitatus& but after the way
Lex had kissed me last night, I couldn't believe that he knew anything about it. Since I had no proof
about his cousin's involvement only educated guesses I kept my mouth shut on that subject.
The plan for now was to delay moving the pylon until we knew more. We had plenty of other artifacts to
measure and catalog. More exciting, there was the chance that the pylon had rotated as it fell. The
hieroglyphs everyone hoped for might now be on a visible side of the stone block.
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Since Lex hadn't packed his diver certification card, he volunteered to help up top while others of us
suited up. It's a testament to Lex's air of confidence either that, or a donation I hadn't heard
about that d'Alencon agreed to let him drive one of the two Zodiacs as we boated out to the dive zone.
A salty breeze ruffled Lex's ginger-brown hair, and bursts of reflected sunlight off the water's surface
gave him an almost angelic look. Whatever responsibilities or concerns had been weigh-ing him down the
previous day, he seemed to have momentarily shaken them off.
I was surprised by how deeply this pleased me.
"Good luck," he said, after we'd cut the engine, dropped anchor, and set out the diver-down buoys.
Rhys nodded, gave us a thumbs-up, and rolled backward off the boat into the water in traditional diver
style. I pulled up the hood of my dry suit, and Lex tucked a stray strand of my hair into it.
"Be safe," he added, more intensely. Rather than resenting his concern he was here helping me do
what scared him, after all I kissed him. His lips tasted salty as he happily returned the favor. When we
pulled apart, to the sound of encouraging hoots from the other Zodiac, he waved our critics away and
handed me my mask.
For a brief moment, I hesitated to take it. I liked this sunshiny, supportive Lex. I wouldn't mind kissing
him some more, with the bobbing of the waves and the cry of the gulls. Did I really need to be there if
they learned the pylon had framed the entrance toIsis's temple?
I'd find out soon enough anyway, wouldn't I?
A particularly sharp bird cry from above us, more like a hawk than a seagull, drew me out of that
momentary madness. Of course I had to be there. I'd come toAlexandriaspecifically for something like
this.
So I took the mask Lex handed me, adjusted my regulator, and dived backward off the boat, arching
downward into the bubbly, misty green water with my momentum.
Rhys, who'd been waiting for me like a good buddy, followed.
He's a good kisser, Catrina had said when she got in late the previous night.This Lex Stuart .
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