Chapter Eighteen
By that point, while Julia couldn’t claim to be exactly used to the djinn mode of travel, at least it didn’t feel quite as jarring as it had the first time she’d experienced it. They came to rest, Zahrias’ arms securely around her, in the living room of his home in Santa Fe.
She supposed it would be her home now, too, and she wasn’t quite sure how to feel about that.
Very gently, he reached up to remove the cannula from her nose, then allowed her to take it from him. “You won’t need that any longer.”
“No, thank God.” She unslung the oxygen canister from her shoulder and set it on the floor. Doing so helped a little in getting her bearings. It was still hard to believe that they were both safe, and more difficult still to realize that she was now Zahrias’ Chosen.
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