The Accidental Genie by Cassidy Dakota

Author:Cassidy, Dakota [Cassidy, Dakota]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9780425253243
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-12-04T08:00:00+00:00

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JEANNIE leaned over Nekaar and patted a cold compress to his face, pressing a second one to her own. She didn’t think she had anything left in her in the way of surprise, but knocking up a whole store full of women, including a man, after someone threw a random wish out she’d never even heard with her own ears? It was a little too much like Moses parting the Red Sea from, say, Albuquerque for her. It had to stop or she’d never have any genie friends. Not to mention, she could be creating havoc all over the world and have no prior knowledge it was her in charge of the havoc just because someone had used the words I wish.

Turning her attention to Nekaar, she asked, “Better?”

“It is so, madam,” he mumbled, clearly ashamed of his outburst. He hadn’t met her eyes since she’d sat him down in the kitchen.

She slid into the chair beside him at her table for one and reached out a hand, cupping his forearm. “I’m sorry about Burt. I’m sure he had good qualities. Those people on Facebook are just meanie butts is all.” Maybe he was kind to small animals, seniors, and little children?

“No,” he whispered, his voice heavy with sadness. “No. They are right, madam. Burt was a blight on the djinn community. He did more bad than good, and he lived as though djinn law did not apply to him. No one liked Burt. Not a soul. He was scum. He was also a fashion disaster. It is so.”

She made a face of sympathy, but Burt’s imprisonment had her very curious. What did you have to do to end up locked in genie jail—forever? “May I ask a very personal question?”

His nod was that of agreement, his square chin remaining close to his chest.

She hesitated for a moment and then decided it was better to just get it over with so she had a frame of reference for things not to do when you’re a genie. “What did Burt do that made you curse him into the bottle?” What was so horrible that your own brother would curse you away forever?

Nekaar’s lower lip trembled when he lifted his shiny head. “His trickery and deceit sent my beloved away. In return, I sent Burt away.”

“Djinn have girlfriends?” This was refreshing to know. Because someday, when she got back on that dating horse, she’d have a whole new realm to ride it in. Or veil . . . or whatever.

“They do indeed, madam.”

“May I pry further? I don’t want to dredge up painful memories at such a sensitive time.”

He rolled his hand in a proceed motion, then folded them together into a large fist.

“What did he do to your beloved that would make you take such harsh measures?”

Nekaar’s sigh was bereft, his somber expression distorted with pain. “As I’ve said, Burt was full of trickery. A real King of Snark, as you’d say here in your land. He often put himself in a bottle to lie in wait for an unsuspecting victim.

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