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“When you forget I didn’t choose this situation for myself or come into it with all the facts and my eyes open, yes”

“I expect you to see the big picture”

“I do Mine just happens to look otherwise”

“It’s ht me constantly?”

“I can take care of ether You linked yourself to a ht You have to make adjustments for me, too”

I will not lose ure myself out

“We should go back inside They’ll be waiting” His voice is soft He’s dropping it for now I’h to know it’s been shelved te will be our love

Chapter Fifteen

The sky let loose with a thunderous booo, and it hasn’t let up since Even with the wards, sleep was sparing It’s the cal necessary to send the Djinn back where he came from and learn more about the puzzle box My dry eyes burn as I pour over the translations Baal Shem has written out Unable to reuarded location beneath a synagogue, we’re left with this and copies Not that I could read Hebrew

The picture of the box is breathtaking The wooden box is a old molded in intricate shapes with distinctive Middle Eastern flare The pointed dos of the Taj Mahal Every wish granted after the initial three wishes cost a bit of the wisher’s soul The acts required to gain a piece of the box are ghastly

I scan the cross-referenced events Baal Shem has discovered in the book The skull of the astronoround I can’t iine what else the text lists What’s been collected and what hasn’t? What could be worth taking the life of another or bargaining away chips of your soul?

“Well, we kno all the cases are linked” Sacha runs her hand through her hair “This is a lot to take in, I get that It’s iainst I don’t see how it can help us track the wishers down”

“I think what the su is for Once they capture the Djinn they can make it talk,” I say “We’ll have to trust the holy men for that We’re here to back their plays and learn everything we can”

“You see over this case It’s not like you” Sacha studies aze

“When ere trying to escape those hellhounds, soel Michael, and he answered”