Then his wrath is kindled in truth, and Befutig Safiza Uj-alet seizes Pilar Pineda about her hair and drags her back to his bedchambers.

"I will break you," he tells her, "and have you swear yourself to me when you are broken. That does not transgress the bounds you laid on this night."

Then his wrath is kindled in truth, and Befutig Safiza Uj-alet seizes Pilar Pineda about her hair and drags her back to his bedchambers.

"I will break you," he tells her, "and have you pledge yourself to me when you are broken. That does not transgress the bounds you laid on this night."

Then his wrath is kindled in truth, and Befutig Safiza Uj-alet seizes Pilar Pineda about her hair and drags her back to his bedchambers.

"O small and foolish mortal who thinks to defy an Efreeti," he says to her, "I will break you, now, and have you pledge yourself to me when you are broken. That does not transgress the bounds you laid on this night."