What if he was the Prince of Jinnis? Was this why Lemo had always been so secretive about his mother? Maybe it even explained why Pias hated him so much. And of course there was Emira. All the clues were there. But still he wasn’t sure. “I just wish I could find some kind of proof,” he said.Aya looked thoughtful. “What about my mother’s rhyme,” she said. “Earthbound, breathled, firefound and watermet, brought to his fate by tiger white… You wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Emira.” Sharat felt his heart wrench. Emira. It was true, he wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for her. And the Queen had been quite clear. Emira was his. “But what about the rest of the rhyme?” he said. Aya looked thoughtful. “Well, we got stuck underground,” she said. “That sounds a bit like earthbound. And then you fell into the pool, which could mean watermet…”With a dawning realisation, Sharat remembered the rest of his journey.
