"My king, that is not true; the file is in my cupboard in a brown box, the very same box I brought with me to the palace!" Lily tried to explain, but all this did was infuriate the King even more.

"Keep quiet!" King Aziz turned to face his crying wife and yelled at her. His voice rang through the throne room like a lion roaring through the wilderness; there was no doubt in her mind that everyone outside the throne room had heard him.

King Aziz turned his attention back to Fahd, and there was no doubt that the king was very mad and anyone who crossed him would...