"What's up with the kid—" Matthews asked, pointing a finger toward Ace.
He appeared to be deeply asleep on the couch, but before the sentence could leave her mouth, his body snapped straight as a board. Matthews abruptly froze.
She knew exactly what he had pulled off back at headquarters. She knew the sheer lengths he had gone to just to get Dee3's trust, and the bargains he'd pulled off to bring his sister home and help her become a curse master. Because of all that, she knew a guy like him didn't just drift off or lose focus—not when his family was in mortal danger. He wasn't sleeping; he was up to nothing good.
"Mrs. Matthews, it's always good to see you," I said, just coming off my briefing with Dr. Druid and Emi.
