Chapter 1
I sat in my red Koenigsegg Agera ready for what he threw at me. My hands wet with sweat. My skin touched the leather on the gear shift. My face ready, my heart pounding in my ears. I looked at my opponent. A male with green eyes and brown hair. He was young maybe twenty-five. I revved my engine. Remember it’s not what is under the hood. It’s who is behind the wheel. I felt the adrenaline rush as she said go. My hands touched the gear as if the vehicle and I were one. “The fastest huh?” I asked as we stood head to head. My money, love and car was on the line. You think I am going to let this man get that? I let my hands hit the gears, feel the streets rumble in the middle of our one and only, Cordoba, Argentina. We are in the land of the wild. We are in my home. “Have fun!” i shouted. I waved my fingers at him. My fingers ran across the gear shift as she shouted go. I bit my lip as we hit the ending mark which was one mile from the start. That fake native come to eat my dust. Why did I come back? Why did I return to my wild home? Well we are here for the silent operation.
(Several days ago…)
“Hey, guys we have something.” Shawn said. He looked at all of us concerned. “What is it?” Gracie asked. “We have a problem here.” he pointed on the virtual globe. “That’s in Argentina,” Nova said. “That’s home,” I said. “What’s going on?” I asked him. “Well Sirius has a special tracker there. She tracks the United States government.” he said. “Do we have anything on it?” I asked. “Not yet. I am detective Flinnel. They also call me Flinn. We know there is a woman that lives there that has been working for this company. They say she can override every base on the planet,” he said. “Who is this woman?” I asked. Curiosity ran through the eyes of my team, my family. “We need you guys to go in and capture her before she can override the government.” he said. “We will take care of everything.” he said to us. He left us there trying to figure out what we were going to do. “Okay, here is the plan. Adam we are to be together…” I was scared to tell Marcus. I was scared what they would all do being Marcus is Adam’s stepbrother. I left not knowing if I would come back. I left Marcus there to suffer the past of something that he didn’t know. That was the truth of his only son. “I want you to know I love you.” he said to me. “I know Marcus. I love you baby.” I smiled. He kissed me before we went off. So much to tell and so little time. I left him there to find out that my operation had turned to hell. I didn’t tell him my secret yet. The secret of my four month baby. The secret of Argentina. I have not told him anything. It will crush Marcus if I died during this and he found out. “Be safe guys and don’t die.” Marcus hugged his family and I kissed Santiago. “We won’t try to die.” I smiled at Marcus as we left him. He smiled at me for seven minutes and left the spot to track us.
(Later in Argentina)
I felt my hands on the steering wheel. I heard the crowd roar as we had a close call but I still won. I not only won his car but i won over three-hundred grande. “So, you won, a deal is a deal lil princess.” he said. “My name is Valentina.” I said to him. I taken his hand and shaken his head and I nodded in respect. “My name is Lucas.” he said. I looked at him and smiled. “I know who you are,” i heard someone say. I looked around waiting to see who said it. I got in my car and left. It malfunctioned. I tried to stop and it rammed me into the pole. “I won’t kill you or the child if you do what I say,” I heard her say. “What are you talking about?” I saw a woman approach the car. “I am who you are looking for,” she said. “What do you want from me?!” I asked. “You are the only one that can do this,” she said. “Why?” I asked. “Cause we have your twins.” she said. “What twins?” I asked. “The ones you left behind and forgotten six years ago.” she smiled. “I’ll kill you,” I said. “Than they die.” she said. “What I am asking you to do will go against everything you think, love and believe in.This will tear you away from everyone you love, everything you want and everything you had before. You might as well kiss it all goodbye. I will send you the instructions through this.” she handed me a phone. “Don’t mention this to anyone, or I will kill them.” she said to me. She left me there without a word. My heart sunk as I remembered the twins. A baby girl and boy. Adam looked at me with a smile. “Are you alright?” he asked. “Yea, just trying to think.” i said. “I know the feeling.” he said. “What you thinking about?” he asked. “What would you do if the past is coming to spite you?” I asked him. “Confront it, embrace it, and forgive it.” he said. “Why?” he asked. “No reason. I was just wondering.” i said to him. “Okay well, we had an emergency call. We have to go.” we said leaving. My mind drowned in the idea of her having my babies. I had to find a way to fight her, save my children and still keep my team together, if I can. I felt my heart sink as I watched Adam approach me. “Valentina you good?” he asked me. I looked at him with a stern face. “You know I am.” I said getting up. I looked around trying to place myself. I rubbed my belly behind him so he couldn't see. I have to save them all. They are going to try to get me to go back to Marcus. I am not going to though. I am going to save my children, if it puts me in my grave.
(Adam’s p.o.v.)
She was sitting on a step not far from her car with a phone in her hands. I don’t know what had happen. I smiled at her.. “Are you alright?” I asked her. “Yea, just trying to think.” she said. “I know the feeling.” I smiled. “What you thinking about?” I asked her. I was concerned for her. Valentina is my family, my friend. I turn to her for everything. Sometimes I feel like she hides everything. “What would you do if the past is coming to spite you?” She asked me. She caught me off guard. I knew we should’ve left her in the states with Matias and Dean. Shawn argued and said she knew the city better than any g.p.s. So here she is. “Confront it, embrace it, and forgive it. Why?” I asked her.. “No reason. I was just wondering.” I knew that she was lying to me. I felt that she was in some kind of danger.. “Okay well, we had an emergency call. We have to go.” I said leaving. “Valentina you good?” I asked her concerned. She stood up with a stern eye. There was an unusual fire in her eyes. She was determined. “You know I am.” she said to me. I smiled at her fire and her confidence. We walked through our base there in Cordoba, Argentina. She was troubled and she seemed nervous. “I don’t know what caused this Valentina but I am here. So Is Marcus and Shawn. We are here for you.” her eyes filled with tears. “I have to get back to the base. I have to tell all of you something.” she said. Her eyes filled with a rage and a fear. Something inside her changed. I just couldn’t see it.
(Shawn’s p.o.v.)
I should have left her home. I felt her glow and her growth. I knew she was. She walked in and she asked me to call Marcus. I felt it happening. I knew it the moment it happen. “I need a favor,” she said. “What?” something was up. She had changed. Something was wrong. “I need you to call Marcus.” she said. “Consider it done.” I said. I called him up. "Hey what's up guys?" His voice was confused. I wasn't surprised. “Hey Valentina wants to speak with you,” I said to him. “Put him on speaker. I want all of you to hear this,” she said. I knew that she was in trouble. “Hey guys, you have to hear this.” They all stared at me. “ I am pregnant.” We all looked at her with fearful eyes. “Oh my god.” Marcus said. "You have to be kidding me," Nova said. “We have to bring her home,”
