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Bodyguard
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He(Prophet Muhammad) was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without
a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Muhammad, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports.
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You found me a female bodyguard? And you thought that would somehow make the job of bullying me into it easier?"
She had the gall to grin. "Bingo. Wait here while I text her. We've made her wait long enough."
He sank into a couch off in a private corner of the hospital waiting area. "I really pity poor Neel, you know that?" he said with all the spitefulness of a sibling who'd lost an argument.
Her grin widened, a damn whoop of victory if he'd ever seen one. "You're so easy."
He narrowed his eyes
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― Incense and Sensibility
― Incense and Sensibility
