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Damn.His magic was stillweak.
Behind him, the guard raised his sword over hishead.
Terror ricocheted in my skull as I started for the ladder on the wall. “Behindyou.”
Fire exploded next to us. Pale-blue smoke fanned outward. Something hissed inside theflames.
My pulse jumped into hyper mode as the source slitheredout.
Oh crap.The genie had brought the cobras onto the roof. Six ofthem!
Startled, I almost lost my balance, but Dahvi caught me. It felt incredible to be close to him again. Even just for a fleetingmoment.
“What are we going to do?” My voice scaled threeoctaves.
The guard came to a standstill. I couldn’t blame him. If I were him, I’d let the snakes do his job for him. His husky laugh raked down myskin.
“Master, watch out,” warned thegenie.
One of the cobras struck at me, and I scrambled backward, hitting the parapet. Dahvi used that inhuman speed of his to yank the snake by the tail and fling it at the guard. The rest of the snakes rounded on thegenie.
A strangled cry poured from mymouth.
The genie ignited his magic again. All the cobras burst into flames. The fire combined into a single blaze that jumped back onto the genie’shand.
I glanced at the guard. Two halves of a sliced cobra rested at his feet. Hatred fueled his eyes as he continued his pursuit of the genie andme.
“Dahvi, we have to leave now,” I screamed, throwing my leg over the roof’sedge.
But it was too late. The guard’s sword slashed through the air. Dahvi raised a fist, deflecting the blow. The steel clashed on the genie’s wristband. Blue sparks exploded over both of them. The guard jumped back, surprised. When he regained his senses, he continued his swipes, forcing the genie backward. The guard grunted as if he’d never had to work so hard to apprehend a criminal. Most probably surrendered at the sight of hissword.
I flinched at every strike. My stomach turned to a sloppymess.
“Get down here,” someone shouted frombelow.
Shish kebab.Anotherguard.
Just because we didn’t have enough problems, the third guard stumbled onto the roof from the oppositeend.
“Dahvi, we have a problem,” Iwarned.
Blue flames erupted on Dahvi. Out of the resulting swell of smoke came a floating carpet branded with ocean blues andgreens.
“I didn’t summon you,” cried Dahvi, grabbing the sides of his head. “You’ll have to do. Get on,Master.”
The rug swung over tome.
Little puffs of pale magic extinguished on the silk rug as I put a foot on it. Hundreds of frays spat out from the edges of the carpet, as if it were moulting. Threads of the silk weave unwound and piled on theroof.
“No, no, no,” I shouted, grabbing the carpet, trying to stop it from unraveling. It sagged in my grasp as if all of its magic had drained away. I tossed the carpet over oneshoulder.
The guard’s laugh rumbled in my ear. “What a poor excuse for a genie. I’ll be rewarded handsomely when I deliver both your heads to thevizier.”
For that, Dahvi punched him in the nose, sending him flying across theroof.
The guard on the ladder grabbed my injured ankle and squeezed. Streams of pain coursed through my leg, and I screeched. Instinctively, I kicked him with the heel of my boot. Blood poured out hisnose.
“I’ll kill you for that, bitch.” His fingers dug into my leg, and I screamed. He tugged at me, trying to pull meoff.
