Chapter 2
Ian and Natalie had tailed the Cahills ever since they had boarded the flight to Spain. After Amy and Dan had escaped a Lucian Black Circle- a feat that no one was supposed to be able to do- their parents had given them strict orders to make sure that nothing like that ever happened again, and that Ian and Natalie were to follow them to make sure.
Natalie flipped through her People magazine lazily. Why did they never have any articles about her family anymore?! She fumed silently. Of course, she knew the answer: the Clue Hunt. That was all anybody in her family concentrated on these days- laying low, so they could search in peace. It annoyed Natalie to death, but there was nothing she could do about it- she may be a high-ranking agent, and the daughter of the Lucian Branch Leaders, but she was still only 11. And the younger you are, she had discovered, the less people listen to you.
Natalie looked over at her brother- as usual, he was just sitting and thinking. He had the rare ability to be able to just sit and think when there was nothing else to do, and be perfectly content with doing just that. In truth, Natalie envied it. She felt as if she always had to do something. It made her life feel quite hectic.
But Ian had been thinking about different things lately than he had before- before Korea. Before the incident involving Amy and Dan in Korea, Ian had been all about tactics- you could always see the clever gleam in his eyes, the mysterious smirk, the cool confidence that his plans would succeed, on his face when he was thinking about them. Now his expression changed from dreamy to sad to hopeful to guilty to upset to worry to resentful whenever he sat and thought, and Natalie knew why. Her brother had fallen for Amy Cahill back in Korea, and had been regretting leaving her in the cave. Natalie felt sorry for her brother- his mind was in a state of turmoil, she knew, having to choose between the girl he loved and his family, his branch, and his duties. In truth, Natalie had no clue why her brother had fallen for the orphan girl- but that didn't matter.
All that mattered was that Natalie would have to keep her brother in check, and make sure that his foolish feelings didn't cloud his judgment. She wasn't planning to tell on him- she knew that Ian would most likely murder her, or at least with words- and she thought that this might turn out comical. In truth, Natalie couldn't wait to see the results.
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As I promised- two chapters at once! Again, they're short, and I'm sorry! Please review!