Annelise quickly formulated a plan. Jealousy had driven Leila to make her most terrible choices, and Annelise was determined to use that against the wicked djinn. Contrary to the djinn’s assertion, though, she did not believe she had all the information necessary to use her plan. She might not know all of the curse as yet. There might be some detail that would change all.
She wanted to talk to Rolfe.
But Rolfe did not return that night. The gates did not open and they would not open. Annelise had no means of knowing whether he was pacing on the outside as she paced on the inside, or even whether he had changed back to a man or not. She hoped he had taken refuge in the tower, but uncertainty gnawed at her.
By morning, she had decided there could be no further delay. The threat of Rolfe c
