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had. That is when the price was exacted.”
I shook my head at the idiots who thought dealing with a demon was ever a good idea. “The woman found that her wishes no longer manifested. That is when Xerxes had her seized, and he made a wish of his own. Synne found herself a conduit to the power, a need inside she could not quell as she used the corrupt energies of the realms of the demons to rearrange the threads of reality, stitching them together to make Xerxes words a reality. He bound her to his service and prevented her from doing him or his kin harm.”
“He explained that he had a pact with the greater Djinn. That the creature would provide him with fools to grant his wishes, in exchange for him showing them the way to his lair where he could feed upon their souls. That each was granted ten wishes of their own which bound them to the Djinn, changing them into one of his kind, a lesser Djinn.”
My voice wavered, knowing this was to be my fate as well if I were tempted to use any more wishes. “Then they would be bound by the first person to voice a wish to them. They would be forced to be the conduit to grant three wishes to their new master before their life force was stripped of them and gifted to the Djinn for his mountain of lost souls in his lair, trapped in an endless torment that fed the demon's own power.”
I felt a tear roll down my cheek as I said in a hoarse voice, “Xerxes then bound my entire family line in a curse that tied us to his line for eternity. He wished that we would always have a female child before our power grew inside us enough to manifest. Then his family would bind us and use their three wishes to amass more power for themselves. They would always track and watch our progeny, waiting for the moment they could force us to make our own wishes so they can enslave us and make their own.”
My voice cracked. “This way, when we died to pay the price of our greed, there would always be another of our line to take our place, forever cursed. Our children and their children paying the price for our ancestor's greed and madness.”
I narrowed my eyes and hissed in anger as I looked between the wide-eyed Dorian and angry looking Hailey, “Xerxes line is safe from any retaliatory wishes as his first wish to Synne, was that our Djinn power could not be used against any of his blood.”
I shrugged as I felt another tear roll down my cheek. “So basically, I'm fucked.”
Dorian pulled my head down to her shoulder, shaking her head and shushing me. It felt good. It felt safe.
Hailey brightened. “I don't know if I can believe any of that. But your wings sort of put the kibosh on any doubts I could possibly voice. But you've already broken the curse. So you still have a chance to beat it, hon.”
I looked over at her, hope in my heart. “What do you mean?”
She squinted one eye and turned her head slightly to the side. “Weeeell, unless I read all your signals wrong, you play on the fairer side of the fence. And I'm pretty sure it takes a guy somewhere in the mix to make a baby. So if that part of the curse is broken, maybe the rest is too.”
Then I started laughing without meaning to, and the laugh started changing into a sob. It wracked my body uncontrollably, and Dorian latched onto me, concern etching her face. She held me and shushed me and asked, “What is it, Angel?”
I got control over my emotions. This was a living nightmare. I found myself terrified, but not for me. I whispered, “I have a daughter.”
This got both of the women to ask in shocked unison, “What?”
I sat up, moving away from Dorian and wiping my tears on my arm. “I... when I was younger. Fifteen. I was confused. I didn't understand my own sexuality and tried to prove to myself I was... normal? I was stupid. One thing led to another, and I found out I was pregnant, and that I was definitely a lesbian as I found I couldn't connect more than
I shook my head at the idiots who thought dealing with a demon was ever a good idea. “The woman found that her wishes no longer manifested. That is when Xerxes had her seized, and he made a wish of his own. Synne found herself a conduit to the power, a need inside she could not quell as she used the corrupt energies of the realms of the demons to rearrange the threads of reality, stitching them together to make Xerxes words a reality. He bound her to his service and prevented her from doing him or his kin harm.”
“He explained that he had a pact with the greater Djinn. That the creature would provide him with fools to grant his wishes, in exchange for him showing them the way to his lair where he could feed upon their souls. That each was granted ten wishes of their own which bound them to the Djinn, changing them into one of his kind, a lesser Djinn.”
My voice wavered, knowing this was to be my fate as well if I were tempted to use any more wishes. “Then they would be bound by the first person to voice a wish to them. They would be forced to be the conduit to grant three wishes to their new master before their life force was stripped of them and gifted to the Djinn for his mountain of lost souls in his lair, trapped in an endless torment that fed the demon's own power.”
I felt a tear roll down my cheek as I said in a hoarse voice, “Xerxes then bound my entire family line in a curse that tied us to his line for eternity. He wished that we would always have a female child before our power grew inside us enough to manifest. Then his family would bind us and use their three wishes to amass more power for themselves. They would always track and watch our progeny, waiting for the moment they could force us to make our own wishes so they can enslave us and make their own.”
My voice cracked. “This way, when we died to pay the price of our greed, there would always be another of our line to take our place, forever cursed. Our children and their children paying the price for our ancestor's greed and madness.”
I narrowed my eyes and hissed in anger as I looked between the wide-eyed Dorian and angry looking Hailey, “Xerxes line is safe from any retaliatory wishes as his first wish to Synne, was that our Djinn power could not be used against any of his blood.”
I shrugged as I felt another tear roll down my cheek. “So basically, I'm fucked.”
Dorian pulled my head down to her shoulder, shaking her head and shushing me. It felt good. It felt safe.
Hailey brightened. “I don't know if I can believe any of that. But your wings sort of put the kibosh on any doubts I could possibly voice. But you've already broken the curse. So you still have a chance to beat it, hon.”
I looked over at her, hope in my heart. “What do you mean?”
She squinted one eye and turned her head slightly to the side. “Weeeell, unless I read all your signals wrong, you play on the fairer side of the fence. And I'm pretty sure it takes a guy somewhere in the mix to make a baby. So if that part of the curse is broken, maybe the rest is too.”
Then I started laughing without meaning to, and the laugh started changing into a sob. It wracked my body uncontrollably, and Dorian latched onto me, concern etching her face. She held me and shushed me and asked, “What is it, Angel?”
I got control over my emotions. This was a living nightmare. I found myself terrified, but not for me. I whispered, “I have a daughter.”
This got both of the women to ask in shocked unison, “What?”
I sat up, moving away from Dorian and wiping my tears on my arm. “I... when I was younger. Fifteen. I was confused. I didn't understand my own sexuality and tried to prove to myself I was... normal? I was stupid. One thing led to another, and I found out I was pregnant, and that I was definitely a lesbian as I found I couldn't connect more than
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