It is as if Brigitte Bonnet is reading his deepest thoughts. “And this, I assume, is the blonde man to whom El Karima gave her heart, the man who betrayed her every time, and the man who caused her death?"
Her eyes blaze at Teuns, and the condemnation in them feels like it is burning him.
“I have a very special treat for you,” she tells Teuns, and the hatred spills out of her eyes. Gone is the friendliness, and the rage on her inside is shown through her eyes.
“I have come here from Europe specifically to avenge my sister’s death,” she says. “There, I have learned how to fight practically without any weapons. I have also come to convert the Arab’s humiliation into victory, Lieutenant Juin. You people have stolen the traditional sword of the Dulacs because you had planned to break their
