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Chapter 15
Ibacked away,tripping over the edge of the rug. My backside hit thefloor.
The vizier let out a cruel laugh that bounced off the wall. “There’s no one to save you now, street rat.” The edge of malice in his voice promised me a painfuldeath.
I shrank away from him, unsure how to save my brother and genies and get the hell out of there. By the look of it, we were well and truly screwed. Ali and I would meet our ends, our bodies tossed into theriver.
I glanced at my genies. Dahvi’s gaze was glued toKaza.
Zand said something, but I couldn’t make out the words. Frustrated, he yelled and pointed at something to myright.
I scanned around the room for what he meant. Was he trying to point out a weapon to fight the vizier? Sure, I cold bash him over the head with a hookah pipe, but that wouldn’t kill him. Maybe choke him with some silks. Burn his eyes out with someincense?
“Now that everyone is assembled, I have no need for this little flea anymore.” The vizier pushed my brother to thefloor.
“Ali.” I crawled on hands and knees across tohim.
“What do you want me to do with them?” the Shaitanasked.
Zand’s fingers twitched, as if he was pointing atsomething.
My gaze followed his line of direction, my gaze landing on a white column with gold-leaf embellishment at the top. What was so special aboutthat?
“Kill them,” replied the vizier. “Throw their bodies to thesharks.”
Anger pulsed within me, hungry for the destruction of both ofthem.
Zand jabbed with more fury and mouthed the words “dark flame.” What was he trying to tellme?
I tried to connect to his heart, but there was only darkness.Damnit.
My gaze flew to Dahvi, hoping he understood and could help me out. He, too, pointed at thecolumn.
What was so special aboutit?
Think. Think. What was my genies’ plan? Smash the dark flame into the column? Cause a chain reaction and blow up the palace? But what about everyone else who lived within the walls? My mind was such ablur.
The Shaitan gravitated in our direction. She seized my brother by the throat and lifted him into the air. Ali’s dangling legs kicked as he tried to breakfree.
Fear clawed across mybody.
“Ali, no!” I launched to myfeet.
My fingernails dug into my palm as I curled my fist. Filled with the fierceness of a mother bear protecting her cubs, I cracked her right in the nose. Blood poured out her nostrils, and she stumbledbackward.
Huh! Djinn bled,too.
My brother slumped to theground.
For laying a finger on him, I kicked her in thegut.
Residue from Zand’s fight clung to her. I sensed it. She was burned, wounded, and weakened from their fight. It wasn’t going to take much to push her over theedge.
I’d been in many scrapes as a youngster. In the orphanage. On the streets against older and bigger kids. I could handle myself in a fight. As long as the Shaitan didn’t unleash her power on me, we were on an even playingfield.
“Get up, you fool,” shouted thevizier.
I’d deal with himnext.
