It was nearly dawn when Simon finally stumbled upon the alcove where he had left Hannah. How could he have failed her like this? He gritted his teeth. Did he really want to find the backpack? If Hannah was in custody, the guards would interrogate her. They’d demand to know why she was going from house to house and village to village. Once they learned about her mission and realized she left her contraband behind, they’d make her tell them where it was. She wasn’t ready to stand up to their methods. Why had he left her alone? When his candlelight landed on the dark blue canvas of the hidden backpack, he wasn’t sure if he should rejoice or not. Her interrogators would torture her until she told them where it was. If he took the bag now and the National Security Agency didn’t find it where sh
