Chapter Eight
Zahrias watched as Jessica smiled down at Santa Fe’s newest arrival, but there was a certain question in her eyes. “He looks just like a human baby.”
Dani crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at her. “Do we djinn not look like humans?”
“Well….” Her expression turned sly. “You look like perfect movie-star humans. I’ll grant you that.”
Sitting in her hospital bed with Santa Fe’s newest arrival bundled in her arms, Lauren shook her head. She appeared pale but composed, now that the ordeal was over. “What did you think he was going to look like — a bug-eyed alien or something?”
“Of course not.” Jessica leaned over and gave Lauren’s hand a squeeze. “I just didn’t know if djinn babies pooped rainbows or something.”
“They most decidedly do not,” Zahrias remarked dryly. “As I
