He turned back toward the hill and approached it, walking ever faster across the clearing with all caution abandoned. Amineh was at the top. He could not keep her waiting.
Cari the Jann followed invisibly behind her master as he made his way slowly through the forest. She greatly approved of the caution he used as he moved, and as she saw him avoid the predators’ burrows she started to feel a little more optimistic that perhaps her help would not be needed here after all. If Jafar remained as careful as he was now, he would not be fooled by anything the creatures of this island could throw at him.
Then they came to the clearing, and the appearance of the woman on the hilltop. Cari saw and heard all that Jafar did—plus her magical senses saw and heard beyond that. She saw that the image o
