Dr. Madeline McKinnon has just returned from a service trip counseling victims of Child Soldier recruitment in South Sudan to work for the FBI. She's been given a gun, a badge, and a rigid partner. Special Agent Jake Parker has been working for the Federal Bureau of Investigations for a long time and he doesn't appreciate Dr. McKinnon's tendency to doubt him. It's brains versus brawn as these two learn to work together to solve the most brutal homicides under the Bureau's jurisdiction. But, as they solve the case and work to catch the killer, they learn that not everything is what it seems. Even when it comes to your very own partner. Originally submitted during the Open Novella Contest 2021. Trigger Warning: Please be advised that this story contains violence, sexual themes, alcohol and drug use, and casual depictions of violence by characters whose jobs make them susceptible to detachment.

Warning: Contains spoilers. Do not read unless you have read "Delta: a spy novel" before reading this, or you'll be massively confused and you'll ruin it for yourself!! Read Delta first, please. Thank you! ♥ Astrid ♥ It was over. We had messed up. Pierre was still with Cloying, and Jay was out there somewhere, looking for me. I was back at Delta Headquarters while Josh was risking his neck to find Pierre. I was helpless, grieved, and close to going insane. It was all one big nightmare - so why wasn't I waking up? I thought the world was over after the assignment in France. But when Pierre returned, I learned that he wasn't who he seemed. What was it that he and Alan Young were talking about? What were they hiding from us? And then all crap hit the fan as accusations started flying and I watched another boy walk out of my life. But just because Delta said it was over didn't mean it was. So no accusations, no threats, no unexpected twists could have stop Josh and I from attempting to follow Pierre - even all the way to the U.K - and from looking for Cloying to get some revenge of our own. Because we had no idea that what we were heading into was something so much more complex than the mysteries of Pierre. But of course I should have known better - after all, Cloying and Jay had got away. But nothing could have prepared me for the maelstrom of fear, anger, adrenaline, and utter heartbreak that followed. This is Omega, the end. It's not over. ...but it's pretty damn close.

No emotions. No fears. Fulfill the mission. That is the code Annabelle lives by. She has no life, no friends, no family. What she does have is the ability to defuse a bomb in under a minute, to hit a target moving over 100 miles per hour, to take out her opponent using martial arts skills. She is a weapon of mass destruction and she is about embark on her most dangerous mission yet. The NPA tasked her with protecting the son of the French Prime minister, a carefree boy whose only wish is to become a spy. She soon finds out however that this mission holds more secrets than she cared to know, secrets that will change her life forever.

The Transatlantic Intelligence Agency (TIA) is a renowned intelligence outfit with its headquarters in Zürich. It recruits youths from the streets of Europe and the US to become its best spies, often supplying them to agencies like Interpol to complete their missions. Special Agents Kaia Winter, Miranda Liu and Marco Soler are three of the best at TIA, each specialising in a different field. When two high-profile civilians placed under witness protection disappear mysteriously, TIA assembles a team of their three best spies to bring them back safely. Agents Winter, Soler and Liu have been assigned a mission which can potentially get them killed, but first, can Winter and Soler learn not to kill each other? Follow the agents as they follow the trails-from the dazzling lights of Paris and Florence, to the dark alleys of old London, to the enticing bazaars of Istanbul. One thing's certain-it definitely won't be a smooth ride.

"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all." -Mulan ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Agent 27, otherwise known as "The Dagger," has been dormant within the deep forests of Montana, living out a life of peace and solitude under the U.S. Governments witness protection system. When an old enemy resurfaces as a threat to the United States of America, Commander McGary issued the activation of this agent to help in a terrorist attack. But then there were three things he didn't account for... 1.) The Dagger is a female 2.) The Dagger has secrets buried so deep, even a man of his status may not have the clearance level to obtain 3.) The Dagger is drop dead gorgeous