Violet Eden Chapters 04 - Endless

anything substantial and refused to speculate, I knew whatever they had found had them both freaked out. So I’d put Steph to work on it, too. At least she’d tell me if she found something. To date … nothing.
    I adopted a casual tone. ‘I can see things around me when I need to. We’ve started to call it a Sight.’
    Evelyn’s eyes went wide. ‘A Sight? Who called it that?’
    I shifted in my seat. ‘Phoenix.’
    ‘Jesus Christ! Is there anything our enemy doesn’t know?’
    I rolled my eyes at her outburst. ‘It wasn’t as if I knew what it was and we weren’t exactly enemies at the time.’
    ‘Doyou leave your body?’ she asked.
    ‘In a way. It’s like I can go anywhere if I just let myself. It’s amazing, I see things differently.’
    ‘You’re seeing energy.’
    Now my eyes went wide. ‘How do you know?’
    She pressed her lips together, looking up and shaking her head.
    ‘Do you know of other Grigori who can do it?’ I asked when she didn’t say anything.
    ‘It is not a Grigori trait, Violet. No human Grigori that has come before has ever had the power of Sight.’ She sighed.
    I swallowed. ‘Then, who does have it?’
    Evelyn studied the markings around my wrists for a long time, eventually reaching out and taking one of my hands when I let her. She ran her fingers over the patterns as they swirled around my wrists like a silver river, something deep within me powering them. When she looked up, there was fear in her eyes but also something else.
    ‘Violet, Sight is not something that humans have ever had before because it’s the power of the non-corporeal. Sight is the power of angels.’
    Old fears rose to the surface. Since I’d first embraced, I’d questioned what I was becoming, what I had left behind. I shook my head, refusing to entertain this idea, whatever this idea was.
    ‘Well, we’re calling it the wrong thing then, because I have a very real body, as you can see,’ I said, gesturing.
    She smiled. ‘Yes, you do. And you’re going to have to make sure that you always remember that. Tell me, when you pull away from yourself and use your Sight, is it empowering? Do you feel like you are invincible?’
    Ilooked down and didn’t respond. The truth was, it was intoxicating. I knew I had barely begun to explore my ability, and while fear had kept me from testing any limits, the desire to see how far I could go was strong.
    ‘You have to be careful of the lure. Use your Sight only when you have no other choice and limit the time you allow yourself to slip into it.’
    ‘Slip into what ?’ I snapped.
    Evelyn seemed anxious and that unnerved me. I could almost see her mind ticking over, carefully selecting the words she would use.
    ‘You’re human, Violet. Never forget that. But you also have angelic qualities from one of the most powerful angels to have ever existed. If I had to guess, I’d say that just as angels can exile to earth and become human, you may be the first human who has the ability to exalt yourself and become an angel.’
    An angel.
    I dropped my head into my hands and tried to stop my head from screaming at me.
    ‘I don’t want to talk about this.’
    ‘Who else knows about the Sight?’ Evelyn pushed on like she hadn’t just dropped a gigantic – and potentially species-altering – bomb on me.
    ‘Griffin, Lincoln, Steph, Phoenix …’
    She huffed, unhappy with my response. ‘Anyone else?’
    I thought back. ‘Spence. He saw me use it once.’
    ‘Do you trust him?’
    I nodded. ‘With my life.’
    She grabbed my shoulder. ‘You had better be sure, because that might be exactly what it comes down to.’
    Ishook her off. ‘Spence wouldn’t betray me. Ever.’ He’d proved his loyalty time and time again and he had mine in return. I raised my eyebrows. ‘What would you have done about it anyway? What if I’d told you he couldn’t be trusted?’
    She looked away. ‘It doesn’t matter. You said you trust him. I believe you. But you need to make sure no one else ever finds out about this. Do you understand me? This proves you were created by one of the Sole and one of the most powerful of them, no less. There are people who won’t be pleased to discover this. Are we clear?’
    I nodded, unsure what else to do and checked my watch again as I picked up my phone to call Lincoln. But the moment I did, it beeped with a text message.
    On my way home.
    No joy.
    L.
    I let out a breath of relief that he was okay, even if I was disappointed