She also realized, as she stood there and watched the goat move to another spot on the lawn, that the back door hadn’t been locked. If she’d wanted to, she could have gotten up sometime during the night and attempted to escape.
Maybe. Hasan had said the djinn slept lightly. He might have noticed her trying to get away.
Had he left the door unlocked as a sort of test? Or had he simply thought that the goat might need to go outside to do his business? Hasan had seemed concerned about the cleanliness of the kitchen. But the door to her own room hadn’t been locked, either, which she’d discovered as soon as she tried to run outside and see what was going on.
“I see your friend has survived the night,” came the djinn’s voice from behind her, and Jordan startled, then turned around. Hasan look
