Unhappy with the young king's policies, conspirators attempt to assassinate the royal couple in Khayman's house while they are attempting to exorcise Amel, who had also been tormenting Khayman. While the king and queen lie dying, the evil spirit sees its chance to ensnare the soul of the dying queen and pulls it back into her body. The spirit combines itself with the flesh and blood of the queen, transforming her into a vampire. Akasha allows the king to drink her blood, which saves his life. In desperation, she orders Khayman to find the witches and bring them back to Egypt, hoping the twins will use their knowledge of spirits to help the couple, as they are overwhelmed by their thirst for blood. However, when the witches admit that they cannot help the monarchs, Akasha orders the mutilation of the witches: Maharet loses her eyes and Mekare her tongue. Afterward, Khayman, who had been turned into a vampire by Akasha, comes to the witches' cell and turns them too. The three flee together, but are caught by Akasha's soldiers. Khayman escapes, but Maharet and Mekare are further punished. The witches are put into two separate coffins which are then set afloat on two separate bodies of water. They are only reunited near the end of the novel Queen of the Damned.
Unhappy with the young king's policies conspirators attempt to assassinate the royal couple in Khayman's house while they are attempting to exorcise Amel who had also been tormenting Khayman While the king and queen lie dying the evil spirit sees its chance to ensnare the soul of the dying queen and pulls it back into her body The spirit combines itself with the flesh and blood of the queen transforming her into a vampire Akasha allows the king to drink her blood which saves his life In desperation she orders Khayman to find the witches and bring them back to Egypt hoping the twins will use their knowledge of spirits to help the couple as they are overwhelmed by their thirst for blood However when the witches admit that they cannot help the monarchs Akasha orders the mutilation of the witches Maharet loses her eyes and Mekare her tongue Afterward Khayman who had been turned into a vampire by Akasha comes to the witches' cell and turns them too The three flee together but are caught by Akasha's soldiers Khayman escapes but Maharet and Mekare are further punished The witches are put into two separate coffins which are then set afloat on two separate bodies of water They are only reunited near the end of the novel Queen of the Damned