Chapter 77

"What?"

"Gracie Green died right before my magic activated in the hospital fifteen years ago." I checked the envelope, but there was nothing further inside. "Is that her real identity? The best lies contain a grain of truth." I had my father to thank for that pearl of wisdom. "It's not uncommon for false identities to share a birthdate, but they often share the same initials to help the person remember their cover name. Why go from American Gracie Green to Spanish Gavriella Behar?"

"I'll run Gracie's name and date of birth," Levi said. "See what comes up."

"Why kill off her true identity when she came to Vancouver? Was she in hiding?"

"Or she really died." Levi knelt down beside me to examine the documents.

"No way. They're the same person."

"What if Gracie flatlined for a few seconds?" he said. "I've never bought your theory about the recessive gene turning on after the crash. What if death is the trigger for a new Jezebel to be awakened?"