Four
He wished he could go visit his sister and ask her counsel about Leila, but Malik knew he shouldn’t leave his Chosen alone in the house. True, so far she had made no move to escape, but what would happen once she realized that the djinn who had brought her here was gone?
Then again, there was no reason why he couldn’t ask Fatima to come here to Malibu. They shared a bond, sister and brother, and so it was easy enough to call her to him.
She appeared in the living room a few minutes later, looking somewhat annoyed. “I was just about to sit down for drinks with Adam.”
Adam being her Chosen, a man of twenty-five who’d once pursued an acting career, much like Leila. Or rather, not so much like Leila; while Malik’s own Chosen had supported herself by working in a restaurant while waiti
