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She was a long-legged, curvy girl, but she knew how to move quietly. She pulled her scarf up over her face, and stepped out into the blinding sunlight, the heat from the sand warming up the bottom of her shoes. She kept all except her eyes and hands covered, and walked swiftly through the sandy hills of the Sahara Desert. She wasn't easy to notice, wearing robes the same color as the thin grains of sand beneath her feet. From above, or far away, you would just see her movement as the sand being blown in the wind. The girl made sure to constantly look around her to make sure no one was following her. No one could discover the location of their camp. She searched the sand carefully, looking for the small stone that marked the entrance to her temporary home. She found it, and moved towards it quickly, picking it up and dusting the trap door off, before walking down the stairs. She knew the wind would like more sand on top of it, so she didn't worry. …show more content…

Her clothes underneath still looked as clean as they were this morning. She dusted her jeans off, just in case, and straightened her shirt. She knew she would be meeting The Heir today, so she didn't dare look unkempt. At the bottom of the stairs, she turned to the left and went nearly to the end of a long, stone hallway, small rooms dug into the walls. She walked into the living quarters of her family and smiled. They'd gotten one of the biggest rooms, since her father was helping on the company's project here in the Sahara. "Girl! Stop looking around smiling and come change!" Her mother said fiercely. The girl shook her head, she was just as her mother. Both of them spoke their minds freely, and didn't care about who they were talking

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