Midnight Revelations

Kistina rose from her bed and lit a stone oven to warm up because the weather was extremely cold. She took a wooden rosary and twirled it between her fingers. Kistina loved this rosary; it was the last gift from her father, Walid, before his death. He was a "sorcerer" who had been killed under mysterious circumstances in the Arab lands.

While standing next to the stone oven, warming herself, Fatima rushed in and curiously asked, "What's happening, my teacher? I heard your scream from outside the house." Kistina remained silent without responding, not even looking at Fatima. She simply gazed at the fire in the oven and the rosary in her hand, taking deep, heavy breaths.

Fatima placed her hand on Kistina's shoulder and repeated her question, "The same dream, isn't it?" Kistina removed Fatima's hand and replied with a sad tone, "And many more." Fatima looked at her and said, "We will avenge you, my teacher. We will avenge you very soon, and that's my promise." Kistina smiled and turned her face toward Fatima, saying, "When we seek revenge, we must remain rational."

Fatima told her, "My teacher, I've never seen anyone wiser than you in my life." Kistina responded, "The pinnacle of wisdom is the lowest degree of madness." Fatima fell silent.

Kistina asked, "Where are your siblings?" Fatima answered, "They are all asleep except for Amina, who hasn't returned yet from her visit to the sorcerer in Tiresist." Kistina's expression changed in anger, "How has she not returned yet? Dawn is approaching, and she's not back?" Fatima replied, "I don't know, I don't know what she's doing at this hour."

Kistina got up, changed her clothes, and left. Fatima followed her, holding her hand, and asked, "Where are you going on this night?" Kistina replied, "To Tiresist." Kistina began to mutter incantations, the incantations of teleportation. With a glimpse, Kistina teleported herself to Tiresist, precisely in front of the house of a sorcerer known as Sofiane.

Kistina knocked on the door three times with force, each time increasing the intensity of her knocks, but no one answered. She raised her hand and began reciting some incantations, which destroyed the door. She then entered and went to the room where she heard some sounds coming from. When Kistina entered the room, she found Amina in a distressed state, nearly naked, with signs of torture and burning marks on her body.