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car there. It’s near enough to reach
when we make a getaway. You’ll come with me, and take Isaac away
while I make a diversion and occupy them,” she said.
    “ No,” Arya said firmly as
she parked the car, hidden from the eyes of anyone passing on the
road. Overhead, a plane flew by. The airport was nearby. And so was
the town, but going for help was not a good idea, considering that
Isaac was in the grip of a man driven half-mad by the lust of
power. “I’ll not allow you to risk your life.”
    She glared at him. “You’re in no
position to dictate your terms. Don’t forget that we’re in this
mess because of you.”
    “ I’m aware of that,” he
admitted. “But there’s no need to throw your life away in order to
prove a point to me.”
    “ So what’s your
plan?”
    “ I’ll enter the warehouse
and search for Isaac. I won’t be discreet and if they’re any good,
Archan’s men will capture me and take me to him. You’ll follow me
in your other shape. While they question me, you’ll rescue
Isaac.”
    “ Stealth might serve us
better than an open hostile plan,” Maya said. “Still, you’ll be at
risk. Archan might kill you…before or after I rescue
Isaac.”
    Arya stepped out of the car. “I’ll take
the risk.”
    “ Fine.” Maya followed him
out of the car. “Let’s do it your way, but if you’re involved with
Archan and betray me, rest assured, I’ll kill you.”
    “ If I become the cause of
any harm coming to you or Isaac, I would prefer death.”
    Maya ran her hands through her black
tresses and transformed into a thick black cobra. Arya was
astounded at the quick transformation. He should have been shocked.
Instead he was thrilled to see her shape-shift so
effortlessly.
    This was a woman who bore an ancient
and powerful legacy he could barely understand. And yet, she
handled it with dignified ease.
    The cobra slithered around the trees
and headed for the warehouse. Arya followed. The moon was a thin
sliver on the sky, and its light was barely sufficient for Arya to
keep track of the stealthy movement of the cobra as it glided
towards the building.
    His legs hurt, as did the scars on his
chest but he was lucky to be alive and since Isaac was in this dire
predicament because of him, he was duty-bound to save
him.
    So many things he wanted to ask her.
Could she shape-shift into any snake? Earlier she had been a
python, now she was a cobra. Also, did she retain her intellectual
powers as a snake or was merely guided by instincts?
    There was no time to ask her anything.
Quick as lighting the snake made her way towards the gate, taking
care to hide among the bushes and the shrubs despite the cover of
the darkness.
    Arya made no attempt to hide his
presence.
    Once he entered, he veered off to the
left. The warehouse was an old derelict two-storied building. Its
windows were shuttered off and its main door was closed and planked
shut. No light was visible from any of the closed
windows.
    Two vehicles were parked near the walls
and Arya searched for a side entrance nearby. Sure enough, there
was a small door set in the wall. It stood wide open. He entered a
long lightless corridor that led to the main warehouse.
    He was in a cavernous room. Silvery
beams of moonlight filtered in through the narrow windows set high
above the walls. Old empty cartons and containers were stacked on
the floor, along with old papers and broken wooden
planks.
    “ Stop right there,” a rough
voice called out. A second later a flashlight beamed on his eyes.
“You again?”
    He was one of Archan’s security guards.
He had stood silently behind when his companions tied Arya, and now
seemed surprised to see Arya again.
    Arya flashed a grin at him. “I missed
you.”
    “ How the hell did you free
yourself?”
    “ Where is Isaac?”
    “ Oh, you want to be a hero.”
The guard raised his hand, ready to do magic. “Come on then. You
seem to have a death wish.”
    Arya surrendered without a fight. He
hoped Maya