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Don’t ask a question He only said one question and there had to be a price for failing to follow the rules "One would think that an ifrit sultan would wear a ruby, because it’s the color of fire Hu in the Arabian Peninsula prize ereen and Arabia is mostly arid But djinn are not human"

Roland leaned forward, a sly look in his eyes "One would think that Then one would brush up on her geology and learn that the purest peridot is found in harraat, the lava fields in the west of Saudi Arabia When the volcanoes in the west erupted, they brought peridots with thema chambers The djinn treasure these stones because they were bathed in the fiery lifeblood of the planet Only the highest ranks of the ifrits wear them"

A waiter came to refill his coffee

"God created men from clay and djinn from smokeless fire," Roland said, once the waiter left "Even people not versed in the Qur’an know this line Have you ever wondered about thebehind it?"

"People are ic is its ic Also clay soil is almost impossible to enchant"

"But you can enchant a clay pot"

I thought about it "But to make a clay pot, you have to first add water, which holds enchantment, and then treat it with fire"

"Precisely"

"So djinn have a lot ic than we do"

"Not only do they have a lot e aic fro it like a battery Now let’s take your ifrit, for instance He is confined to an earring, imprisoned, likely driven mad by the thousands of years of confineic to break free and to exist in our volatile world"

"The only way he can athered asof the three wishes is an ancient ritual In reality, it simply makes the possession that much easier; to express a wish, you ic You have to believe that he can grant any wish Instead of a hostile takeover, the process becomes a seduction With each wish, your body becomes more and more receptive until finally your mind submits to the djinn cole wish, but most of the time it takes three As soon as the ifrit possesses a body, the reserve of that hus to hiiants"

"Two reasons First, froiants and then attempts to transform them into heated metal In my tiiants before the battle This state also peric frorows stronger" I ed to make that into a statement rather than a question, but this one ca on a traher, the third higher still First the djinn took over soh power to take over Lago, who had h juice to possess soht of the Order I really hoped not "You mentioned two reasons"

"Djinn are vindictive by nature, and of all of thee They are creatures of enor them once, and they will hunt you across an endless desert just to watch you die Once you strike out against one, he will be your enemy for life If you frustrate his efforts in any way, you will find that out"

"I did" He sent a bull made of fire to my house

"So I hear What would you want in his place?"

"Revenge against those who i dead"

"Blood never dies, Kate It grows like a tree through generations The ifrits can feel their own, especially those related to their particular clan Look for soic to becoe upon the descendants of his captors Because he is a noble, he will call lesser djinn to hi He will identify his victims, and he will torture andThe ifrits are not fond of granting a quick death"

Eduardo, the betrayer’s spawn He must’ve been a descendant of the ifrit’s captors Now the ifrit was torturing him