Secrets - Criminal Minds
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MatureOngoing14h 9m
Last published Sun, Apr 12, 2026
Val learned to keep secrets from a young age, and she became damn good at it, so why not lead a life full of secrets? After an assignment goes wrong, Val is forced out of the agency and to move back to the USA. Little did she know that she was about to meet Aaron Hotchner, the only person capable of pulling all of her secrets from that deep well that she had so carefully built walls around, and her new boss.
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