They were talking about her partner as if he wasn’t even in the room. Once again, Jillian could feel herself about to erupt, but Aldair forestalled her.
“I know this is difficult for everyone,” he said. “Myself included, although I am sure you don’t wish to hear about that. If Jasreel desires to meet me in combat, I will do so. However, no matter how angry he is with me, I know he is not a killer. And yet I know that is what it would come to, in the end. It would appear we have no other options.”
Jillian’s breath caught in her throat. Was Aldair really saying they had no choice but to have a duel to the death? She looked from Julia to Jessica, somehow knowing that it would have to be the women who stepped in here, who would need to be the voices of reason. Apparently even djinn had testo
