The Genius of Jinn (7 page)
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Authors: Lori Goldstein
From the sting of a wasp (my Zar sister Yasmin) to a stereo vibration (my Zar sister Hana) to the tickle of a feather (my mother’s best friend and Zar sister Samara), apporting Jinn have their own signature. Funny, I’ve never asked anyone what mine is.
With my back to Nate, I toss sweaters for myself and Megan into a backpack and tap into my abundance of adrenaline to strengthen my magic. I don’t sense another Jinn in the house. As nonchalantly as I can, I move to the windows and survey the backyard.
When my mother stops by to check up on me, she comes by car. She knows better than to magically teleport herself here. Besides, if she did decide to apport, she’d be more careful than this. Apporting Jinn can detect the presence of humans, and my mother wouldn’t risk apping in with people this close. Neither would any of my Zar sisters, especially Laila, Samara’s daughter and my former best Jinn friend. Since she’s the only one whose apporting signature I have yet to feel, this could be hers. But I know it’s not. As much as I want to see her, she’s not ready to see me. I’m up to three texts a day and still not a peep from her. Not even an angry-faced emoticon. There’s no way she’d app here.
I turn around to find Nate buttoning his shirt. The sensation of my fingers on his abs lingers. I shake out my arms as I fling the backpack onto one shoulder. I’m being paranoid. There’s no reason for me to be tingling.
Nodding to my bag, Nate starts walking backward out of his sister’s bedroom. “Now you really are running from something too hot to handle.”
He winks and there’s ample reason for me to be tingling.
Lori Goldstein
was born into an Italian-Irish family and raised in a small town on the New Jersey shore. A former journalist, she currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband. You can sign up for email updates
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eBook edition March 2016
eISBN 9781250110237