DISCLAIMER: I do not own a thing. Ally Carter does. So, unfortunately, all credit for characters (except for David Joseph) goes to her…
Behind Glass Doors
Summary:
Cameron Morgan, Cammie to her friends, the Chameleon to anyone else, a spy to the bone. Her mother was a spy and so was her father. She called her life a cover, to keep those who she loved away from harm. But now she knows that there is really no use of a cover because everyone she loves is already in the line of fire. Cameron Morgan, a spy to the bone, a liar.
Prologue:
Cammie's POV:
Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women was a home for just that, exceptional young women. To Roseville, the academy was just a normal boarding school for bored heiresses with nowhere else to go, but they would never know exactly how exceptional we were…
I sat in my seat in our usual limo that would bring me back home. I watched as the town raced in and out of view. I remembered the first time I wondered these streets; my first mission, chasing an extremely paranoid teacher. But the fact that this was the location of my very first mission was trivia to me, it was the fact that I had met the one guy from outside my world that actually saw me, and I mean really saw.
I turned to look at the perfectly structured figure next to me. My mother was the most beautiful person in my life, inside and out. Her frame was strong; confidant and made jumping off a building that was about to explode seem sane. But her personality was what made me glad that she was my mother. She was brave, strong and she never, ever let me see her cry after what happened to dad, at least, she thought that was the case.
My mom's a single mom. She has been since I was 12. One day, I came from school to see my mother crying uncontrollably in the arms of my grandmother. Of course dad wasn't there, he was in a mission somewhere in South America. But he promised me before he left that he would come back to me and mom sooner and later. But I didn't know then that dad wasn't coming back to us that time, that he was MIA (Missing In Action), that he had broken his promise 3 days ago.
Ever since then, it has just been mom and me. She was strong for both of us when I couldn't be strong for myself. She retired from life on the field to be with me. She took the position of Headmistress at the academy in order to make sure I was staying out of trouble. But to tell you the truth, I haven't been for the last 2 years. I caused a lot of mayhem for Gallagher since sophomore year.
"We're here, Cam," my mom alerted.
The driver opened the door for me to step out. I did so courteously, as expected. I stared at the grand oak doors of my home.
This year was going to be different. I'm back, I'm a senior and I am allowed to get into as much trouble as I want…