Karima looked straight at El Kim and said. “I have a message, El Kim.”
“As it pleases your Highness,” he said, bowing low.
“I have just appointed a new commander of the Doelak army.” She pointed her hand to Teuns, and he rose from the pillows.
El Kim looked at her in amazement. “I, it... I mean it will be foolish, your Highness. A member of the Foreign Legion?”
“He is no longer a member of the Foreign Legion. He is now a man of Doetra.”
“I’m afraid, your Highness...”
“Do I have to ask for permission to make a decision?” Karima’s voice cut through the silence like a blow from a whip.
“Of course not, your Highness.”
“El Kim, in an hour I will inspect Doetra’s army in the square in front of the barracks. You will assemble the army there in mass formation. I want to introduce them to t
