The Shadow Operative

(Book One of The Classified Chronicles)

When Agent Kayla Oswin joins the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, her new team sees only what she allows them to: a brilliant profiler with a mind for patterns and a calm no one can shake. But behind the Bureau badge lies a truth even the BAU doesn't know - Kayla isn't just FBI. She's a covert operative tied to a network so secret that only a handful of people in the world know it exists.

Trained by the CIA, embedded with the NSA, and shadowed by NCIS, Kayla was once part of a classified task force created to eliminate threats before they reached American soil. She walked away years ago, leaving that life behind - or so she thought.

When the BAU is called to investigate a string of killings across state lines, Kayla recognizes something no one else can: the unsub is using the same operational tactics she was trained to deploy. Every crime scene is a message, and every victim draws her closer to the buried truth she swore she'd never face again.

Now, caught between loyalty and secrecy, Kayla must protect her team from an enemy who knows her every move - because he helped create her.

In a world built on secrets, trust is a luxury.
And in the shadows, even heroes can become weapons.