The two Annes turned on me with identical looks of anger. They’re getting worse. I could feel the jinn drawing closer; we didn’t have long. “Settle this later,” I told them. “Your marid is coming and it’s not in a good mood. We are going to bind it and that means you two need to work together.” “No,” both Annes said in echo. “I wasn’t asking,” I told them. I pulled the ring from my pocket and held it up. “You do this, or I die and the two of you are enslaved forever.” “I can’t work with her—” “This is her fault—” “I SAID SHUT UP!” I shouted. “All of this insane crap started because the two of
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