Of Life and Death by A. L. Kessler

Author:A. L. Kessler [Kessler, A. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blood & Ink
Published: 2017-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

I was still standing in the parking lot when Simon pulled in. There were probably things I could have done in the office, but I didn’t want to spend my time up there while I was thinking about the child. What on earth was such a young kid doing involved in such magic? Certainly, she wasn’t the one who cast it. I mean, I’d seen some pretty powerful kids over the years, like the one who managed to bring to life a velociraptor using Life Magic, but hexes were a whole other ball game.

Simon pulled up in front of me. “Need a lift?”

I rolled my eyes. “Yeah, of course I do.” I jumped into the passenger side of his car. “It’s been a strange day, and I’m ready for it to end.”

“But first, we’ve got to go shopping for creepy dolls. I’m sure the pups would appreciate them,” he joked again. “And when they think I’ve gone crazy, I’m blaming you.”

I buckled in. “They’ve met me before, so I’m sure they wouldn’t be that surprised. Though they’d be suspicious of what I wanted since I’m a witch.”

“Voodoo dolls?”

“That would probably be their first assumption, yeah.” I sighed. “Here’s the address to the doll shop.”

He looked down and nodded. “That’s not far from Clarissa’s shop, is it?”

“Not at all. Might pop in and say hi to her after we’re done with the creepy dolls.” I leaned back in the chair and watched things pass as we drove. “So I have a new title.”

“Oh? Was that what the big scary man was about?” Simon never took his eyes off the road, and his voice was even. “I was debating on calling someone to help you.”

He wasn’t the only one, after all, I’d sent a warning to my uncle. “Yeah, PIB has convinced me to become a Special Agent working with the Black Magic task force.”

“Does this mean if there’s a crime involving my wolves, you won’t handle it anymore?”

I sighed. “Probably not, unless it’s something like Mina, where someone is using black magic.”

“Well, guess that means I can’t special request you.” He snorted. “Who’s replacing you?”

I shook my head and played with the seatbelt. “I have no idea. They are talking about putting me with a partner.”

“You don’t sound happy about that.” His voice was low. “But who is it?”

“Special Agent Grace. And of course I’m not happy. I don’t want another partner. I’ve never wanted a partner, and when I finally got used to having one, he blew up.” My voice raised a little bit, and I sighed. “I’m sorry, just…”

“A sensitive subject, I know.” He turned down the exit to get to Manitou. “And I don’t plan on pushing it, but a promotion sounds like a good thing.”

I pressed my lips together. “They told me if I didn’t take it then they’d tell the government about me being an elemental.”

“Well shit.” Simon sighed. “No wonder why they sent the big scary man after you. This is going to prove to be interesting.

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