Maybe he had. I wasn’t about to waste my energy on playing games. I wanted the truth, or at least Aldair’s version of it.
“So Jace’s mother was a mortal,” I said. “That still doesn’t explain why you’re out to get him. What, did your father dump your mother for a human?”
His dark brows drew together. Right then, although otherwise they didn’t look at all alike, I thought I could see the faintest hint of a resemblance between Aldair and Jace. Voice hard, Aldair replied, “No. My mother and father had been apart for many years before my father settled his attentions on a mortal woman.”
Some trace of surprise must have showed on my face, because he smiled thinly and said,
“We djinn are not like mortals in this respect. Our lives are so long that we know we won’t spend the entirety of them w
