That was borrowing trouble, he knew. Miles Odekirk’s devices and the field they generated wouldn’t kill him. At least, that was the rumor amongst the djinn. They avoided the protected areas because entering them was painful, and, once inside, a djinn was stripped of his powers, no better than a human. Worse, really, because the energy-sapping power of the field actually weakened djinn physically in addition to blocking their elemental talents.
It would not be pleasant. But it also would not be fatal.
Unless, of course, the humans in Los Alamos made it fatal.
He would do what he could to shield Jordan, of course. If the field’s effects weren’t too detrimental, then he could pretend to be human. He would cast off his silken robes, and wear the uniform of a mortal man in this part of the w
