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Chapter 9

The Truth Comes Out

Asha POV

"What are you doing here?" Genie asked, and he pushed me behind his back.

"As I have said before, I thought for an all powerful being it would be obvious." He crossed his arms over his chest. "I came for the girl."

Genie kept a firm grip on my arms to make sure that I stayed behind him. "You're not getting her. So leave."

"You see, I could do that, but that girl" He pointed directly at me. "Has caused me a lot of trouble in these past few weeks, and I just want to get what I came for."

"And what do you want with her?" Genie said back defencivly.

"Oh you don't know yet?" Mozenrath gave an evil cackle. "I thought for two people in your situation and ... relationship that she would have told you. But I guess after all she had her reasons to keep her secrets. After all she is a very desirable girl." He laughed at his little pun. "But enough with the jokes, it's time to get onto business, Asha come here and stand by me."

I hesitated and Genie's grip on my arm was now numbingly tight.

"She's not going anywhere." Genie said through tight lips.

"I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to Asha. Now sweetheart, you know what will happen if you don't willingly listen to me so stand beside me now."

I glanced back at the palace. Maybe if I screamed? Ran? Mozenrath must have seen what I was thinking.

"It's no use to run away or try to get help; I have my associate taking very good care with your friends so they don't interfere with our business." He started to pace around the small clearing of the garden. "You know him Asha, if my memory is correct, he has been an associate of mine for many years and he helped me track down you."

I didn't like where this conversation was going and all I wanted to do was run. Mozenrath continued on.

"I have been trying to track you down for a while now Asha. And even when I thought I had found you I couldn't be sure, so I had my associate corner you when you were alone- like the time you spent reading in the park- to make sure my hypothesis was correct, and well it was." He gave me a huge smile, and I felt sick to my stomach.

The day before Mozenrath found me and Dria, the day in the park, the desire, the family with the new loss. All of these things came flooding back to me filling my mind. And soon I was able to make connections between the events.

"Husam is another hired guy of yours?" I asked.

"Yes, actually with the help of a spell and a few cultural classes, I disguised him from the person he really was- Taylor Davers, the man I sent to find you in the park the day before you came to Agrahba." He walked up so he was square with Genie, but Genie didn't move. "So unless you want the unfortunate event that happened in the park to happen to your blue boy-toy, then I suggest you come with me now."

I started to back away from Genie and towards Mozenrath, but Genie would not let me more from my place behind him.

"She is not going anywhere with you. I don't care if I have to fight you with my bare hands; she is not leaving my side." Genies eyes were pure black now, and filled with rage.

"Oh yes that's right! I forgot, you still don't know what she is! But I can't blame you, she hides it well. Tell me Genie how much do you know about the Donno ab Desire?" When Genie didn't say anything Mozenrath continued on. "The Donno ab Desire is the granter of desires. There is only one on the earth at one time, and it has to always be a female. The Donno ab Desire has all the powers of a genie, PLUS the powers of all the restrictions that you genies have. However because they are not contained to a lamp or bottle they have the ability to hide from you when you are trying to find them." His voice went tight on the end sentence as he looked straight at me. "Asha, darling, why don't you add something to the story?"

"No thank you." I managed to push out of my throat.

" I'm sorry I didn't mean to state it as a question. I desire you to tell us the legend of the Donno ab Desire!"

I felt the sharp pain tug in my chest as a silver sphere came out of it, but instead of it flying into Mozenrath, it engulfed me. All through this process I could see Genie just stare at me bewildered about what was going on.

I could feel my senses change to the point where I was no longer in control, but the desire was. Then not in my control my mouth started saying a verse which I have become much acquainted with in the two weeks that I was at the palace.

"From afar he had loved her,

But a golden cage kept them apart.

Through trickery and deceit he would assure,

His freedom so he could give his heart.

The woman however would not bend,

Her desire to keep her husband's heart,

So the genie kept giving and giving,

And she, of course, never said stop.

Greedily she took his gifts,

But never sent her love to the one who gave,

So the genie grew angry with her antics,

And wanted her just to obey.

He made her into something more than he was,

Something she couldn't control,

So she could see how she hurt him,

By stomping his heart into coal.

With every desire she heard,

She had to grant without question,

Until the day she learned her lesson,

Or giver her heart to the genie would be her repention.

When she told him she would not give in,

The genie was not surprised,

So he told her his last words of wisdom,

Before he disappeared into the skies.

"A servant you are now to desires,

Maybe this is a lesson harsh taught,

But until you realize your failure,

A cage will be placed around your heart."

I soon gained more control over my body I realized the situation was not any better than it was before.

"Thank you for that Asha, now come stand beside me now!" Mozenrath demanded.

Genies grip was still held on my arm tight, and I knew that he wasn't giving up without a fight.

"She's not going with you." He bravely said. Mozenrath got angry at his words.

"Unless you want to end up back in your lamp again I suggest that you let go of Asha so she can come here. Right Asha? We don't want a repeat of what happened in the park, or your boy-toy to end up a slave of the lamp again?" He said mockingly.

I left to go stand beside him, but Genie still had a grip on my arm begging me not to leave.

"Please Genie. He will make me hurt you or even worse kill you if I don't!" I begged him, and he let go.

Mozenrath immediately grabbed me and held me by my hair, to the point where I was standing on the tips of my toes to try to relieve some pain.

"Now I desire you to put your Genie in a magical container so he can't get away."

"No! No! You said that if I went with you willingly that you wouldn't desire anything to do with him!" I yelled as I tried to fight back the desire.

"Well, darling, I'm not a man of my word. Now do it!" he yelled.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" I cried as I was forced to grant that desire.

After it was over all that stood in Genies place was a black urn looking box.

"Pick it up!" Mozenrath ordered.

Once I had the box in my hands, Mozenrath grabbed me by the hair again.

"Now I desire for you to transport us to where this whole ordeal started! Without the tricks this time!" He desired. And I was soon transported to my living hell.

A/N: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS! I RECIVED SO MUCH IN THE FEW HOURS THAT THE LAST CHAPTER WAS POSTED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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And Husam will get his butt handed to him in the next chapter. Lol ;)