Chapter Seventeen
“What the hell are you doing here?” Julia burst out, as everyone else only stared at this unexpected apparition. Then she paused, confused. With the device operating, how on earth had Qadim even managed to show up at the house at all?
“I fear that my sister has overstepped herself,” he said. “And I have no wish to be dragged down with her. If I lend you my aid, I hope that you will put in a good word for me with the elders.”
“‘A good word’?” Julia repeated, then shook her head in disbelief. “How are you even here? The device — ”
“Yes, it did force me to have to walk that last several hundred feet, rather than dropping in directly. You were all so embroiled in your argument that you didn’t even notice when I opened the front door.”
Well, all right, that was possible.
