Which was only a way of attempting to distract herself from the reality of her situation, that she was merely here to lure Zahrias out so Qadim could kill him. No, the big djinn hadn’t said as much, but she could read between the lines. What bad blood in their past had brought them to this point? Certainly she’d never heard Zahrias mention Qadim, but why would he? They hadn’t discussed very much that was personal, and Zahrias had a long, long history behind him. This current plot could be based on a slight that had occurred centuries earlier.
She had to think of some way to get out of here, to get away before Qadim could use her to bring Zahrias to his doom. But maybe she was selling him short. Yes, Qadim was big, the biggest djinn she’d yet seen, but bigger didn’t always mean more skille
