Chapter Fourteen
I heard running feet in the hallway outside, and then Jace burst into the suite. “Jessica — ”
“I know,” I told him. “What are we going to do?”
“Protect ourselves,” he said. His gaze flicked to Julia and then back to me. “At least all of us djinn are now in possession of our powers, so we are not completely helpless.”
“But they take time to come back all the way!”
His mouth tightened. I could tell he didn’t care to be reminded of that fact. “Still, it is better than nothing. And our Chosen are also arming themselves.”
“With what?” Julia asked, voice jangling with fear. “Guns? What good is that going to do against djinn?”
“More than you’d think,” I replied. “I saw it myself when our caravan was attacked on the way back from Los Alamos. Bullets can’t kill them, but the
