Hope's Wish: A Sexy Genie Protector Paranormal Romantic Suspense (Guarded Souls Book 2) by Lexxie Couper

Author:Lexxie Couper [Couper, Lexxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Book Boutiques
Published: 2019-03-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Heart smashing into his throat, Philips drew a slow breath, tight triumph flowing through his veins as a man materialized in front of him.

The djinn.

Finally. After twenty minutes of nothing, he’d begun to think his summoning spell had failed.

Eyes glowing with white magic, the djinn flashed him a grin. “Ah, you. Gotta say, I thought you’d be taller.”

Philips blinked. And then sneered. “Enough. You’re mine now.”

The djinn laughed. Laughed. As if the statement of fact was hilarious. “Oh shite, no. I just thought it was time we met.”

A cold beat thumped in Philips’s temples. His heart joined in. He cast a quick glance toward the smoldering, blood-soaked goat bones, scattered entrails, and melted wax at his feet before narrowing his eyes at Hastin. “My summoning spell worked. You’re here.”

Another grin. Another white flash of magic in pupil-less eyes. “Am I?”

“Yes. You are. Now come to me.” Philips raised his hand, palm up, fingers splayed, and then snapped his fist closed, yanking the djinn’s energy forward,

Hastin didn’t move.

Ice flooded Philips’s veins. Fist to his gut, he stared at the djinn.

“Told you I wasn’t here.”

“How?” Lowering his hand, Philips rubbed his fingertips together. The residual stench of the summoning spell still hung on the air. The coppery taint of blood still slicked the back of his throat. “I summoned you.”

Hastin laughed again. “Let’s think this through, shall we? I’ll help you out, given you’re clearly not that bright.” He tapped his chest with his index finger. “Djinn.” Pointed at the floor with the same finger. “Mankind’s realm.” His grin returned, cold and scathing. It sent a shard of trepidation into Philips’s gut. “If I’m already in this realm—and the fact you’ve been trying to discover information about me says you know I am—that means I’ve already been summoned here by another sorcerer, doesn’t it? One smarter than you, it seems. So that means you can’t summon me. Following?”

The unease in Philips’s gut morphed into dark anger. “I am the most powerful sorcerer on Earth! I’ve destroyed my rivals and absorbed their power—and their memories. I would know if someone else brought you here from your realm.”

“Blah blah blah.” Hastin flapped his fingers together like a duck’s bill and rolled his eyes. “I see your ego compensates for your height.” He raked a slow gaze over Philips. “I mean, you really are short, aren’t you? I’m talking Danny DeVito short.”

“Enough!” Philips blasted a hot wall of raw energy at the djinn.

Hastin raised his eyebrows and looked about himself. “Well, that was… impotent.”

Hate and rage bleeding together, Philips glared at him. “Why are you here then? How are you here?”

White eyes shimmered brighter. “You really don’t know much about djinn, do you? I’m surprised I didn’t find you rubbing on a lamp or something. A djinn only has to think about something to either get it or go to it. As for the why?” A dark chuckle filled the space between them. “To let you know that I know what you’ve done. What you’re trying to do.

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