Second Chances: A Romance Writers of America Collection (Stark World 2.50)

But she was there. Wearing a red dress and a hopeful expression.

"Hello, Donya. Was freedom everything you'd hoped for?" He could hear his voice trembling, and so could she, because she started toward him before he got all the words out.

"It was glorious and wonderful. I had many amazing adventures, and I saw the world on my own terms," she said, her smile tentative but growing as she walked into his open arms.

He almost didn't dare to hope, but he asked, anyway, because she was here, and because he could do nothing else. "Are you here to grant my wish?"

She tilted her face up to look into his eyes. "Actually, Jake, I'm hoping you'll grant mine."

"All of your wishes," he said, already kissing her. "Always."

So the wizard fell in love with the Djinn, and they lived happily and magically ever after. But their families? That was, as they say, a whole 'nuther story ...