Chapter 131

Ariela

We had to choose each next step carefully, otherwise everything could take a bad turn.

Abbadon was taken to a nearby prison. He made himself comfortable in a cell. He was kept there until it was decided which prison he would go to for the rest of his life.

Aramis and I were in what felt like one of his hundred houses. We had made this stopover to make a sensible plan.

I sat on a chair in the dining room with a cup of tea on the table in front of me. I had my hands wrapped around the cup, which warmed me. I followed Aramis with my eyes as he walked up and down the room. He was kind enough to share his thoughts with me. "It must be a trap. There's no way it could be that simple."

We had a few details by now. At least as far as Abbadon's condition was concerned. Otherwise, he was as silent as the grave. He didn't confess to any of his crimes and laughed in the investigators' faces. This man was not quite right in the head and a hear