Seraphina: I set my jaw angrily, clutching the curls on my head in frustration. I'm right back to where I started. I was so close, and the Jinn just vanished! Slipped through my fingers again. "The creature proposed a deal," I tell Raphael, though the bile rising in my throat keeps me from telling him the details. The hairs on my arms are still standing up straight, and my heart is still racing. Raphael impatiently glares at me, gesturing at me to continue. "Aaaaand?" He prods. I take a breath. "He wants to sleep with me," I blurt out. "In return for... information, I suppose." "Ah," Raphael nods. "So when will you complete the... transaction?" "What!?" I shout, "I'm not going to do it, you perverted monstrosity!" "Why not?" He shouts back. "It's not like we have unlimited options h

