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My stomach plummeted to my toes. Every muscle tensed as Iturned.
The Shaitan entered the room, dragging Zand by one wrist. Bruises marked his entire body, and blood wept from several wounds. What had she done to him? How had she defeated him? Last time I’d seen him, he had taken some blows, but overall, he’d seemed to have the upperhand.
I pressed my open palm against my stomach. “Zand,” I whimpered. Stinging tears pricked my eyes, and my hands flew to my mouth. No. Not Zand. My protector. My last hope, trickling down thedrain.
Defeat flashed in his eyes as his gaze met mine. Our connection told me he was badly wounded both physically andmagically.
I wanted toscream.
The Shaitan bitch dropped Zand, and his torso thumped onto the ground. She smiled at me and kicked him, sending him sliding across the floor. He stopped right next to Dahvi. The same foreign writing activated on the marble. Dark flames circled Zand and a cone of magic circled him,too.
My blood rushed through my veins like a shooting star. She’d picked the wrong side. I didn’t know how, but I would killher.
The vizier collected the dark fire in his palm. “Very good, my dear djinn,” he said, running his hands across the flames, as if stroking apet.
It sent a sickening chill through me that filled me with dread. I felt the call of its darkness, like I had the last time we’dmet.
“Now grant my freedom, sorcerer,” said theShaitan.
“Once the genies’ powers are mine, I shall set youfree.”
