Sorry the updates have been so slow, have a few days off work so I'll try and step it up a bit.

This might be a bit of an odd one but seeing as I left such a big gap between updates I thought some people might want to go back over Jade's background (which is of course in the earlier chapters etc but it's been agessssssss)

Enjoy x

Jade was having a lazy day with her children at Escala with Ana and Teddy, happy that the children were spending time together, even though Faith spent most of the time ignoring her brother and nephew, instead deciding to paint for most of the morning.

Luke was off protecting Christian wherever he was in Washington and Ana and Jade were sitting around eating cold Chinese food for lunch and thoroughly enjoying themselves spending time together.

After a while Jade's phone rang and she saw 'DANIEL' come up on the caller ID, and she was surprised, especially as he had gone back to Israel only a week previously, having visited her fairly recently.

Jade smiled, sitting back on the sofa with CJ on her lap 'well, fancy that, I was going to call you on Saturday, great minds think alike'

Daniel's voice was too-controlled, and she realised immediately that something was wrong 'Is there anyone in the room with you? I don't want anyone to overhear this'

Jade shifted uncomfortably, frowning and slipping into Hebrew quickly, as did Daniel

'I can speak in Hebrew'

'Jade, I'm being blackmailed'

'Fuck'

'Hmm, has Ari called you today?'

Jade looked confused 'no… I haven't spoken to him for a few weeks… why? What's going on Dan?'

Jade knew that back in Israel her Grandfather Ari and Daniel were fairly close, the latter being something of a protégé for the older man. Jade was also horribly aware that there was probably a reason her Grandfather needed to contact her, as such a high member of Mossad it either had something to do with that or it had something to do with Jade herself.

'I's, um, they are blackmailing me… but it's about you as well'

Jade's stomach dropped, knowing immediately what it was going to be about 'fuck Daniel please tell me you're kidding'

'I wish. I had Aliyah send you the pictures to your email… it's a secure message, she's been dating one of the tech nerds here. I think you should see them'

Jade swallowed and put CJ down on the play matt at her feet and quickly took her iPad out of her handbag, glad that Ana didn't know any Hebew and was sitting placidly with Teddy on the other sofa.

Jade found the email and muttered down the phone 'it's asking for a passcode?'

'It's 14418 to open it'

She put the code in and the attached images came up, and Jade glanced at Ana, speaking in English 'can you watch them I'll be five minutes'

'Yeah of course'

Jade walked out with the iPad and her phone, going into her old bedroom and flicking through the images, feeling physically sick.

Jade blinked, looking down at the pictures. They were of her from several years before.

Of her and Daniel

She glanced at the images, sighing deeply.

She had been around 19 when they were taken, before she's been injured and sent back to America, before she'd met Luke properly, and before she had had to face her father after running away to Israel.

What they had done was only marginally allowed by protocol, and it was a very thin line that neither was sure where they stood, but Daniel had finished his training with Jade, and it was therefore hypothetically allowed that they could be together.

She assumed the reason someone had taken the time to snap the pictures was more due to the fact that her Grandfather Ari- Elena's father- was in one of the highest ranks within Mossad and therefore Jade was singled out by a lot of people there as the pretty white American girl who had been given a free ride into their tight knit organisation.

They had pushed her to limits twice as high and far as any other recruits and she had proven them all wrong, and that had made her stand out even more. At the time Daniel was fairly prominent in his field of training and would probably have been recognised by whoever took the pictures.

Jade recognized roughly where in Tel Aviv her and Daniel had been when the pictures were taken, it had been a high rise building and the curtains were half open, and she remembered suddenly that surveillance had been going on in the area, but neither of them had been on the job- clearly.

She assumed that one of the guys on surveillance had spotted them together and taken the images, keeping them as a source of blackmail.

The clearest one was the worst one, Jade was lying on the bed, jeans unbuttoned and unzipped, her shirt open to reveal a black lace bra. Daniel was lying over her, pushed up with one hand, the other hand around her back, obviously in the middle of unhooking her bra.

Jade had her tattoo but no scars yet, and the smirk on her face was clear, even from the zoomed in angle.

The other images were similar, one showing Daniel kissing her deeply, her bra and shirt now completely off.

The last picture made Jade feel physically sick when she scrolled down to it

Daniel's back was to the window where the pictures were being taken from, and Jade was incredibly grateful for the angling, as what she was doing wasn't properly visible.

It was hardly difficult to work out though, as it was visible that Jade was kneeling in front of Daniel, and it was obvious what she had been doing.

Jade remember that night, and knew that they had closed the curtains fully at some point, and assumed she had to be slightly grateful for that fact.

'Daniel….fuck… how much are they asking for… When did you get them?'

'I'll send you a copy of the note in a minute, I have to run to a fucking debriefing in five minutes and it's in the other complex. Uh, I got them last night by your time zone, look Jade I've really got to go, I'll send you the note when I get out alright? Stay safe. Bye'

'Bye'

Daniel hung up and Jade sat there, looking at her iPad for over twenty minutes before she heard Luke and Christian come back to the apartment.

After a minute or two Luke found Jade sitting there, a huge grin on his face 'well there you are, I've been looking for my wife, what're you doing in here?'

'Daniel called me'

'Everything alright?'

Jade sighed 'I, um, Dan's being blackmailed, and they, um, the photos are of him, and uh… and of me… back when I was in Israel, before we were together, before I got injured'

The amusement abruptly left Luke's eyes and he saw the grip she had on the iPad and held his hand out, silently asking for it.

Jade handed it over and Luke glanced at the images and she saw his knuckles and jaw visibly tighten, his breathing deep 'who else has seen them?'

'Daniel, Aliyah, Ari and me, that's it as far as I know'

Luke looked like he wanted to hit something, staring at the images, his voice quiet 'I've never known you without scars'

'That was a long time ago'

Luke was looking at them for a few more seconds before locking the screen and handing it back 'tell your father, tell him before it gets out just in case it does. I'll do everything I can to stop it coming out… but I can't guarantee it. And the person who can do the most, is Christian Grey'

Jade stood up, swallowing 'Luke, I'm sorry'

To his credit, Luke looked genuinely confused 'you didn't know me, you were on a different continent, and someone took advantage of that situation, don't apologise for that. I'm angry at the person who took this, not you'

'I love you'

'Can't blame you, I love you too, your dad is in his study, I'll get the kids ready to go back to ours'

He kissed her quickly and Jade slowly made her way out to her father's study, knocking on the door, entering and closing the door behind her.

Christian was at his desk, typing at his computer, and he looked faintly worried as she closed the behind her 'Everything alright Jade? Ana said you stepped out to take a phone call?'

She nodded slightly, sitting down heavily in the chair on the other side of his desk, tapping the iPad

'Um, Dad… When I was in Israel, doing my training years ago, I um, I had a fling with Daniel, if that's what you want to call it. Like, we had sex a few times, but it sort of petered out and nothing happened any further after that, if you know what I mean. Um, one night we went to the apartment I was renting for a few weeks, someone took pictures Dad. They're not as bad as I expected, but they are… they are being used as blackmail and it's not good'

Christian exhaled deeply 'right, show me them'

'They're not good'

'Just show me Jade'

She unlocked the iPad and handed it over, watching her father's angry expression as he quickly flicked through them, before quickly locking it again and putting it down.

'How much are they asking for? And who are they?'

'I don't know, Dan's sending me the details later, I'll give them to you straight away'

There was a long pause before Christian muttered under his breath 'if this gets into the press this will be a major embarrassment'

Jade blinked, looking wounded 'well of course, your name is far more important than my happiness and my fucking marriage'

'Jade-'

'Save it' Without another word Jade had stormed out of the room, slamming the door loudly behind her.

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