A/N: So we are approaching the end of this story. Only a couple of chapters left, maybe. You guys have been really supportive which I do thank graciously. However, I have no more ideas for future 39 clues stories :(

The Jordanator has to think. Enjoy chapter 15 and r and r!

Chapter 14

"Grace!" Nataliya cried. She practically leaped out of bed.

"Stay there." Grace chuckled. "It's so good to see you again."

She approached and gave Nataliya a tight hug. She could feel the warmth and comfort radiate in her body as it did three years ago at her mother's funeral. She needed that. After they pulled apart, Grace sat down on the bed.

"There's something I need to ask you." She said, a serious tone replacing her warmth.

Nataliya straightened herself. "What's that?"

Grade paused, as if considering what she was about to say would be too much for her. "It's about you breaking into the Kabra Mansion. What did you find in there?"

"It was awful." Nataliya recalled. "I knew the Kabras were not that aspiring but I never knew they'd commit cold murder, just so that they could be the Lucian leaders!"

"I know." Grace nodded solemnly.

"You do? Why didn't you tell me before?"

Grace looked at her straight in the eye. "Some things are better to be found on your own."

There was a momentary's silence as Nataliya took this in.

She turned back to Grace. "I don't want to be a Lucian anymore. I want to go to another branch."

Grace nodded to herself, as if she knew she would say that. "Nataliya, even if you go to another branch, you're always going to find horrible people and events. For example, take the Ekats. Gordon Oh, who was the former leader of the branch, was murdered by his own brother so that he could be the new leader. You're going to find awful things in all branches. Although in all honesty, the Lucians are the worst."

"I guess you're right." Nataliya sighed.

Another pause.

"Unless, there is another way." Grace said, with a sparkle in her eye.

"What's that?"

"No one knows them that much, but the Madrigals are the fifth branch of the Cahills. They work to bring peace among the Cahills."

"Peace!?" Nataliya crowed. "They murdered my mother's family!"

"True, but it was for good reason. Think about how much they helped you on the night you broke into the Kabra Mansion. Without them you would have been dead. The Madrigals do what they do for the best. Without the Madrigals, one of the branches would have already found all 39 Clues. And imagine if it were Isabel and Vikram Kabra."

Nataliya pondered over this. "I see." Then, "I want to be a Madrigal."

Grace's face hardened. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes."

Then her stern face broke into a smile. "It has been done. Welcome to the Madrigals."

"Is that it?"

"Nataliya, we've been waiting and planning to bring you into our circle for a long time."

A sense of realism and truth washed over her. I'm a Madrigal. I'm a Madrigal! And then she realised something else.

"What will Irina and Isabel say when I tell them this?"

Grace gave her a mischievous grin. "You won't dear. Because you're going to be a Lucian double agent."