Angel took a seat on my couch as he studied me. It was beyond wonderful to be inside my lamp again. It provided a safety I hadn’t even realized I missed. I had to wonder if Oberon was at good at seals as Angel seemed to be. My current guard would take his eyes off me to look up and frown. “They really are quite useless.” He sighed and his eyes snapped back to me. “Let’s start with simple defenses. What do you know?”
“What do I know?” I frowned at him. “I keep telling you I don’t know anything, I’m a genie.”
“And so why do you think genies aren’t able to do anything?” Angel demanded with a shake of his head. “You have magic inside of you, magic besides this whole genie gig. You are the soul incarnated of Juniper.”
“Juniper? Who’s that?”
Angel sighed. “Someone very special and pure. She
