Chapter 11
THE BIG GAME
The exultation in the aduar after the return of the travelers was both huge and lasting, and served in part to heal the psychic wounds caused during the attack carried on by Ahmed ben Assaff and his henchmen.
In particular Abdullah, still appalled by the murder of his wife Alima at the hands of the traitor celebrated the reunion with the only person of real value left in his world so that the old Sheikh had no qualms about shedding tears produced by the emotion of the event.
“I must confess that I had already lost hope to have you back with me. Now revenge is not the only reason for my life, although I have not given it up.”
Farrah told his father the miserable way in which Ahmed had killed Alima, had wounded Fadilah and abducted her. Abdullah broke to mourn bi
