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Sabah see but held back

“You’ve already said enough,” Jinn told him with a dismissive wave “Leave me”

Instead of bowing and departing, Sabah stood taller

“No,” he s

aid plainly “I have taught you froe, ever since your father died And I have sworn to protect you, even from yourself So I will speak and you will listen and then you decide what to do when I ah”

Jinn looked up in shock, enough so that his instinct to kill Sabah for disobeying him was checked

“This consortiuiven billions of dollars to your effort And they are powerful ht, bound to flex their muscle every now and then”

Jinn gazed at Sabah as ifthe years

“The fact that they coer,” Sabah continued “They’re unified”

Jinn looked around his office There was little in the way of decor But weapons of the past were displayed on one wall, a curved sciht his eye

“Then I will kill them all,” Jinn said “I will cut them to pieces with my oo hands”

“And ould that get us?” Sabah asked “They have not cos a squad of armed men In total nu only war And even if on, others would undoubtedly investigate, perhaps even seek revenge”

For the first tireat while, Jinn felt vulnerable, cornered If they had knohat they were stirring in him, they would not have pressed the issue

“This could not have couests to prepare for”

“They will be dealt with,” Sabah insisted