“The legion man,” she says, and leans forward, “has betrayed me and the Dulak nation. It was because of his actions, that hundreds of our best warriors have been shot to death on the parade ground in Dutra. He is the one to blame for our weapons that have been destroyed. The rebel, Saoed, had refused cooperation with the Dulak nation. The Royal court will now decide if these two men shall live or die.”
She claps her hands, and Akbar Krim jumps forward, and hands her a small, gilded box. She puts her hand inside and removes something. Then the process gets repeated with each of the Arabs sitting there. After that, a soldier takes a leather bag over to El Karima.
Teuns and Saoed both know what it means. All of them have removed two marbles from the box, one black and one red. That is how t
