“Will make Peri’s cold fire look like child’s play,” interrupted Jen. “We get it.” “Understood,” Lucian said and then waited to see what the djinn would instruct. “Form a circle, please.” Thadrick motioned to the group to spread out. Lucian appreciated the djinn getting right down to business. The wolf’s skin crawled with the need to see his mate, and though the earlier chatter distracted him, that’s all it was—a fleeting distraction. When everyone had created a circle, Thadrick walked over to the veil and motioned for Nissa and Disir, who stood in front of it, to spread apart and make an opening. “This is not an exact science,” the djinn told the group, his back to them as he looked at the space between the two large trees. “Considering the amount of mixed power in this group—sprite, w