Free Agent: A Grimm Agency Novel by J.C. Nelson

Author:J.C. Nelson [Nelson, J.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

I CANCELED THE morning run in favor of study time, though my blessings made it impossible to get any sort of spell work under way. We spent the day doing absolutely nothing, which was as much work for me as actually working. That evening, I drove us to the Agency, trying to time it right. Too early, and I’d run into Liam. Too late, and I’d waste precious time. I was relieved to find my bracelet worked, letting me in the back door.

I took Ari to the back corner of our office. “This is the Visions Room.” It looked like a large closet until you noticed the four-foot-square window in the side. And the blacklights. And the prisms which lined every square inch of the inside. “It should let me see the same thing you see.”

“M!” said Evangeline, nearly scaring me to death. She came over and hugged me. Before I’d met Ari I’d always thought of her as my friend. Now I wasn’t so sure. More like a sister who can’t stand you, but knows that killing you would get her grounded.

“You can take the scarf off around her.” I glanced at Ari, trying to give her warning.

Evangeline unwrapped herself.

Ari did well, focusing on her eyes and keeping her mouth shut.

“You get used to it after a while,” said Evangeline. “Well, maybe you do. I don’t think I ever will. Grimm said you’d be in tonight. Guess you aren’t grounded as much anymore.”

I hit the power-up button to start the lights. “Going to get a look at my blessings. Try to calm them down.”

“Talking to spells is a fundamentally bad idea. Only makes them stronger.” said Evangeline. “Speaking of strong spells, you want to see something nasty? Check this out.”

She punched up the Visions Room monitor and brought up a picture. It was Liam, and I could finally see the curse I had sent after him. It looked like a net of barbed wire, but the loops were curved like scales, and it was tattooed in spirit ink across his entire body. “Never seen anything like it. Jess says she hasn’t either, and she’s old.”

I spent a moment admiring the man under the curse, wondering what his skin felt like without one of those flannel shirts he always wore. I shook away the thoughts and focused on my current problem.

“I gotta get in and see if this works.” I’d taken aspirin in anticipation of the migraine the Visions Room would give me. I opened the door and walked in. The ceiling was low, but this was one case where losing the genetic lottery worked in my favor. All I had to do was stand and wait for the lights to activate.

When they did, the light was simultaneously brilliant white and deep purple. The prisms kicked in, splitting the normal light away and bending the magical energy down to the visible spectrum.

My eyes focused, and I blinked a couple of times to be sure. “You two seeing what I’m seeing?”

The speaker in the box buzzed and Evangeline spoke.

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