After discovering Nikita's betrayal, Alexandra and her cousin Katrina become free agents in their mission to find the man who took their birth right, while caring for Kat's half-sister and Alex's baby cousin, Alicia. Unexpected friends and enemies are everywhere. But, when the Udinovs, the most elite killing force Division had ever seen, suddenly go AWAL, the woman who betrayed them may be their next target.

Or could the grieving Nikita be the only one who can help them?

Chapter One

Prologue

Nikita

I answered my phone without thinking. "Hello?" I snarled into the receiver, watching as Michael left in the car. We'd gotten into a fight, he wanted to jump into saving the world, I wanted to work on the Udinov situation. Maybe it was stupid that I still had hope. But Alex and Katrina had to know that they couldn't trust Amanda or Division. If they didn't, I'd have to beat it through their thick skulls and let them think it over long and hard.

"Nikita." My blood froze in my veins.

"Amanda?"

"Long time no talk."

"How did you get this number?"

"Now's not the time to ask those kinds of questions. You know I wouldn't be calling if it wasn't something I couldn't handle on my own."

"Then what do you want?" she sighed heavily

"Our two favourite girls have disappeared." I couldn't help but smirk.

"So they finally came to their senses and decided to dump you on the curb." There was silence for a moment, an agonizing moment, but a moment.

"Let's not start throwing the backhanded comments around." She cleared her throat. "the dynamic duo have left indications that they are heading after you."

"After me? Or after the box?"

"Unfortunately, we have no reason to assume the box is their priority at the moment. They've been playing us from the beginning. Turns out, they were the ones using us instead. Over the years, I've found that the Udinov women are very acute to those around them. The sense something amiss or disloyalty and they will react accordingly."

"Why are you telling me this?" I asked, trying to figure out Amanda's angle.

"Because, Nikita, while they have a good sense of character, they are also very much like wild dogs. They smelled betrayal from my higher ups before I did and they decided to take off. But not without strategy. Now, they've set their mark on you instead. They'll come after you hard and fast and try their best to get you alone. The thing is, we don't know if they're coming to take you out, or if they're coming to get your help."

"If you're trying to get me to tell you if they show up here—"

"I'm trying to give you a heads up." That caught me off guard. Why the hell did Amanda care if Alex and Kat were coming to rip me to pieces? "The Udinovs are a loyal pack but they will switch sides if their cause demands it."

"I'm listening."

"Whether they will admit it or not, Alexandra and Katrina trust you and care for you far more than anyone else. They don't want you dead. My bets are that they need your help. If they need your help, it means that something big is coming their way. Something that scares them."

"This doesn't sound like a regulation call." And, once again, I was met with silence. A very long, very drawn out silence.

"It isn't." and, with that, she hung up on me. I lowered the phone from my ear and placed it down on the bed. Alex and Kat were in trouble.

They were probably coming for me.

Was it wrong that I was thankful? That I was glad that the two girls who'd meant so much to me were coming back? That they may have wanted to kill me and I just didn't care?

The door opened behind me. I'd fully expected Kat or Alex. I made no move to look behind me. "I know what you're here for" I said, "and I'll help you. I'm just glad you left division behind." There was no answer, no sound of footsteps. "Alex? Kat?" I turned to check if the door was pushed open by the wind, just in time for a needle to be shoved into my neck and fluid to flood my veins. I gasped and grasped at the arm, my vision blurring before I could see their face. I couldn't move, I couldn't fight them off. They let go and I fell to the ground.

And suddenly, I was soaring through the sky, my mind fogged with cobwebs and clouds, a feeling I wasn't a stranger to. A feeling that I was sure would scare me soon enough, one I never wanted to feel again.

I flew like a kite.

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