The Genie's Curse

Chapter 25

"Shut up, Allon, or I swear I'll cut off your tongue." Keme's cold expression made Allon shiver under it.

Taking a deep breath he brought forth a moment of braveness, "Tell me now why you're fighting or I'll wake up Tsuru and tell her everything. She wouldn't even give you a second glance and come running to my side. She after all doesn't have the best romantic experience."

"Oh, I get it." Keme chuckled seeing the look in Allon's eyes, "You're jealous, now get out of my car..." he grinned at him pointing at the door.

Allon sucked in a gasp, "I'm not jealous."

"Get out of my car!" His voice reached its peak disturbing the slumber of the beauty in the car.

She yawned before addressing the situation, but by then all eyes were on her. She looked out the window and then at the two, "Why did we stop?"

Allon looked at Keme with a defying smirk. With Tsuru awake there was no way he would dare get him out of the car, "Oh, I had to take a leak."

"Huh?" Still, in her sleepy state, she didn't quite understand what he meant.

Keme smiled at her, "The man had to pee Tsuru, give him a break."

"Oh." She looked away with a slight tint on her cheeks, "So are we going to continue with this subject or...?"

"No." Keme drove back on the road before she finished her question, "Sleep well?" His casual question annoyed Allon. He acted as if none of their conversations even happened, ignoring his glares.

"It's not nice to stare, Allon." Tsuru called him out when finally taking notice and awakening from her groggy state, "You seem in a better mood Keme."

"Sorry." Was all Allon murmured looking out the window at the nearing the Great Pyramid they were headed to.

Keme keeping to himself, the breathtaking view was something that brought in tourists from around the world, which made it a great sensation.

"Do you guys know how this place came to be?" Tsuru's voice sang looking at the same pyramid as the rest of them.

They were old and fragile but deep in her mind she knew tales older than time

Tsuru stared down at another of her masters, she had gone through so many years just trying to be free. Going to the point of begging for her freedom, because she still didn't wish to take the life of another. She had gone through more than seven masters so far and they just seemed to keep coming. Her eyes grow lifeless with every passing day.

I wish to be a king

I wish for money

I wish for perfection

I wish to be a queen

I wish for power

I wish for beauty

I wish for...

Their greed held no end, especially when there was almost nothing to stop them. However, after years of doing this, she did notice the pattern. For each master died or disappeared, either someone found out about the lamp and took it from their grasp, or they simply lost it for good.

Nonetheless, her eyes seemed to once again shimmer with light staring at the master she now had. His laugh brought a sweet flutter to her heart feeling like it would jump out at any given moment.

"What are you looking at?" He asked, noticing her fixated gaze on him, his lips moving upwards forming the smile that drove her mad.

His voice brought her back to the cruel reality she faced, "I'm just looking at you, Keir. Want me to stop?"