Chapter ten

Ndeye, fainting and in his arms, Mohamed did not know what to do, although he knew she was in extreme pain. Aras was quick to enlighten him.

_ Just take her home with you," he said.

_ Rwanda, you mean? Mohamed, worriedly.

_ Yes. Rwanda.

_ But will she survive the journey? She's far too fragile, I'd point out.

_ If she had the strength to survive the hell that that monster Alpha had to put her through for ten years, had the strength to walk here despite her deep wounds and bleeding, I'm sure she'll be able to survive a plane ride of just a few hours.

_ Plane? Are you kidding me?

_ I'm serious. I had the private jet brought in. It's in Cape Skiring.

_ How?

_ You know what, I don't want to know. The most important thing is that our Luna's life may at least be saved.

Without further ado, he contacted Amadou, who sent him his private jet in less than half an hour, in which he boarded with Ndeye, heading for Rwanda. During the flight, he did his best to stop her bleeding thanks to the little medical knowledge he had acquired from Ma'Fatou, the doctor of the supreme pack. Once he had achieved his goal, he sat down beside Ndeye to watch over her. As he watched her sleep, he couldn't help but feel bad, feel guilty about the state she was in. He was her soul mate, he thought, the one who was supposed to protect her, cherish her, and above all love her. Unfortunately, he had not been able to play his role as he should have when she was only a few hours away from him.

Why hadn't he known about Khadim earlier? Why didn't he know earlier about his better half?

Why didn't he know how to protect her?

Prevent her from suffering?

Prevent her from being destroyed in her soul by that monster Khadim? Will she ever be able to forgive him for his share of responsibility in all that has happened to her?

In fact, could he ever forgive himself?

These were the questions that tortured Mohamed's mind until he fell into the arms of Morpheus.

It was only when he landed that he woke up to get off the jet with Ndeye. He was relieved to see that Ma'Fatou, who had been informed of their arrival, was already waiting for them on the runway with her team. As soon as they got out of the plane, she rushed to take Ndeye from his hands and she was immediately put on a stretcher to be taken to the hospital, with him behind them, where she was taken to the emergency room to receive first aid. She was then taken to the operating room, all under the helpless eyes of Mohamed who, like a stone statue, did not say or do anything, watching them work.

Two hours later, Mohamed was still in front of the operating room where no one had come out to wait for news of his Luna's condition when his twin sister, Fa'Bintou, whom he had warned of his whereabouts on arrival, came to the hospital. After about fifteen minutes of wandering the corridors looking for him, she finally found him in front of the operating theatre, where he had not moved even one iota, with his head in his hands.

_ Here you are at last, twin! she exclaimed as she came to sit beside him.

_ It took you a long time to get here, Mohamed remarked.

_ It's just that I got a bit lost in the corridors as it's been ages since I've been here.

_ I see. I'm glad you're here with me.

_ Of course, you are. I wouldn't leave you alone at a time like this for anything in the world and you know it.

_ What about mum? What about dad? Do they know?

_ You know, the whole pack knows because of your condition which affects us all. Dad and Mum even wanted to come and I had to use a whole arsenal of arguments to convince them to let me come here alone.

_ And it's better that way. Their presence would have only made me feel more guilty about myself.

_ You have nothing to feel guilty about. You're not responsible for anything that happened to our Luna. The only one responsible is that monster I would have gladly killed if you hadn't reserved the privilege.

_ You don't understand. She was only hours away from me and I couldn't protect her. I'm a monster in my way and I can't forgive myself for that.

_ You know, the thing that annoys me most about you is that when you put an idea in your head, it's hard to get it out. Let's expect that our Luna will hopefully change that.

_ If she makes it.

Fa'Bintou did not reply and simply came to embrace her in silence, a position in which they remained for another half hour before Ma'Fatou came out of the operating theatre to them with a pained expression on her face, causing them to jump up.

_ What happened? Did you manage to save her? Did you manage to save my Luna?

_...

_ Answer us! Did you manage to save her?

_ I... I'm so sorry but we couldn't do anything about the Luna, she told them.

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At the same time, somewhere...

_ So that idiot Khadim failed to kill the Supreme Luna slowly as I instructed him to do.

_Yes. She is even in Rwanda with the Supreme Alpha, where she is being treated, my king.

_ I see. She will thus be able to survive.

_ I fear it is not yet certain, your majesty.

_ Don't try to quell the anger that courses through my veins with every word that comes out of your mouth. You know as well as I do that She is by no means going to let her die. She is the Supreme Luna.

_ I sincerely apologize, your majesty.

_ Apology accepted. Now, since our first plan has failed, it's time for the second one.