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Laylah lifted a shoulder "I think it was north of where ere staying, but I can’t say how far I could probably find it if I shadoalked"

Styx and Tane exchanged silent glances No one would leave a child that was ru around a cave

No s in the cave?" Styx asked

She shook her head "No, nothing but the er "The same mist you used to take us to London?"

"In a way When I enter the gled for the right word "Corridor Like a highway at the edge of different worlds This was more a bubble"

"As if it was self-contained?" Styx dereed, clearly surprised by Styx’s accurate description

Tane didn’t bla his brawn that it was easy to forget he had a brain He did it on purpose, of course He liked for others to underestimate him Tane turned toward Styx "Do you knohere it is?" "No, but I suspect I knohat it is" "Are you going to share?"

Styx shrugged "I’ve only heard rumors, but it’s said that full-blooded Jinn are capable of creating small fissures betorlds to hide their treasures"

Chapter 11

Laylah pressed a hand to her churning stomach She didn’t want to discuss the child Especially not with a va to hand her over to the Oracles

Still, she had to ad to protect the baby

"It would explain why they needed a Jinnhis ar from Laylah Did the Anasso suspect she would disappear the th to shadoalk?

If he didn’t he was an idiot

"Was there anything but the child in the mist?"

She forced herself to think back to her time in the cave She res ache And the sense of barren ereat distance froe had shoved her forward and she had tu mist

At the time she’d been terrified She’d only shadoalked a handful of tih the corridor and into another world

"No" She shuddered, knowing that it probably would have been best if she’d left the baby where it had been hidden

But how could she?

Even now she was convinced the child had reached out to touch her heart Either that or she was a raving lunatic A distinct possibility

"Pity," Styx murmured, his brow furrowed "It would have been nice if we had a clue to who stashed the child in the fissure"

"Surely it was a Jinn?" Tane challenged

"Not necessarily" Styx held Laylah’s gaze "The Dark Lord …"

"The child is not evil," she interrupted, her hands clenched at her side "How can you be so certain?" "I just know"

Styx didn’t roll his eyes, but then again, he looked far fro shocker there "I just knoasn’t exactly a foolproof guarantee

Thankfully he didn’t press

"So you took the babe from the mists" He picked up the previous thread of conversation "Then what happened?"

"Sergei returned us to his home and locked me back in my cell with the child"

Styx pushed fro to notice how he towered over her

At least she assu was unintentional Who kneith vaet his hands on the babe ould he leave it with you?" he rasped

Laylah hesitated before grudgingly revealing the truth "Because he’s afraid of the stasis spell that’s wrapped around the baby As far as I know I’m the only one who can touch it"

Tane led in her throat

Talk about an overabundance of riches

Even furious with the vah to appreciate the sight of two of the finest beefcakes to ever walk the earth

The tall Aztec with his forbidding beauty and unnerving power And the bronzed, honey-eyed hunk who hts and exotic sex

Lots and lots and lots of sex

Tane shot her a knowing glance, but he was sh to keep any ser," he said instead "Yes," Styx agreed

Laylah shook off her strange fascination "What’s a trigger?"