Chapter twenty-four

_ If I understand correctly, you are telling me that my discussion with Abibou was only a test, a precautionary measure to determine whether or not I was trustworthy, said Ma'Khady.

_ Exactly agreed on Mountakha.

After he had revealed his identity, he had asked her to go somewhere quiet and private to talk, which she had agreed to with a nod, still shocked to learn that her soul mate was a vampire, the rightful king no less. That's how she'd ended up in his car and a moment later in his home, more precisely in the living room where he'd just explained about Abibou. And if there was one thing one could be sure of, it was that Ma'Khady was relieved on that score. Nevertheless, when she remembered that she had been in league with Saliou, the murderer of his family and that she had conceived a child that she had understood to be dangerous, she could not help but feel remorseful and immediately embarrassed, which did not escape Mountakha.