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Zandnodded.
My fingers burned to touch him again as he pulledaway.
The door banged shut afterhim.
I set the iron pot on the stove and snapped some twigs for kindling to light the damnthing.
Despite Zand’s moodiness, I had to admire his determination to save his brother, even after all they hadendured.
Dahvi touched my arm, and I nearly dropped the teapot. “Do not worry, Master. My brother will be back when the master of the lampcalls.”
Yeah, well, right now, I wanted to stuff that broody jerk back inside the damnlamp.
I didn’t get time to dwell on my annoyance further because Kaza crashed back into my brother’s pancake of a pillow as if he could no longer hold himself upright. His skin had paled at least by half. Dark circles bloomed under his eyes. Sweat trickled down histemples.
I rushed to his side and pressed the back of my hand to his forehead. His skin was roasting, and I hissed, jerking away. The infection was getting worse and fast.Crap, crap, crap.Zand better come back with the medicinesoon.
“Brother,” Dahvi said to Kaza. “You must go back into thelamp.”
“No,” shouted Kaza, startling everyone because he’d been so quiet for so long. “I'm not going back inside thatprison.”
I took his hand and rubbed it. This always worked to soothe my brother when he felt ill. I swept away a blond lock from his forehead. I couldn't imagine what being cooped up in a lamp for a hundred years might feel like. My soul ached for adventure and freedom just like hisdid.
“How will being back inside the lamp help?” My gaze jumped between the two remaining genies in myhome.
“It slows down time,” explained Dahvi. “Easing the wound’s progression until we can get the medicine Kaza needs toheal.”
I wondered if my brother could go into the lamp to slow down his illness until the genies werestronger.
When Kaza touched my wrist, tingles ran down my spine. “I'll go in on one condition. If the master comes in withme.”
Oh, boy.There came that cheeky smile of Kaza's again. The one that made me melt, the one full of dimples that lit up his dazzling goldeneyes.
Blood rushed to my cheeks, and admiration filled me that he trusted me to care for him. “How long in my time would we spend in the lamp? I don’t want to leave my brother—or yours—at the mercy of the vizier if he busts in here while we’regone.”
Kaza’s fever-induced-trembling hand stroked mine. “Until I fallasleep.”
Ali usually fell asleep in ten minutes. I could manage that. Hopefully, Zand would return with some ferret’s leaf tea shortly afterthat.
The notion of spending alone time with Kaza did something to my insides. Except I was going there to help him…not gawk at him. Still, he was so ridiculously handsome I could barely look him in the eye.My gaze ran down the curves of his broad shoulders, down his strong arms and powerful back.He must have caught me admiring him because helaughed.
Heat claimed mycheeks.
Gods. Where was my head lately? I didn't have time for a boyfriend…let alone three god-like ones. Getting close to them was not an option. Trust did not come easily to me. Not after what my mother had done to Ali and me. My brother was my priority, not feeding the lusty beast inside me.For now, I had to find a way to heal Kaza, recoup the genies’ power, and heal mybrother.
