ASHLYNN'S POV-

The Silver Cloud agency.

I've never known any agent who actually refers it as that. Usually, we all just say 'the agency' because we all know what we're talking about. Sometimes on a rare occasion, you'll hear it being referred as the 'SC' agency. Personally, I think that's stupid. It sounds like some travel agent site or some shit.

Not that the real name is any better though, it makes us sound like a zoo workers or something.

Ofcourse I wasn't gonna do anything about it though. Christopher named the agency, so obviously it must mean something to him. I'm not just gonna change the name because I don't like it.

But then, my opinion on the name didn't really matter. In order for me to change the name of the agency, I'd need signatures from the current chief of the agency, aka Zack. Well sure, I definitely have my ways of getting the sign if I want to, but who'd go through all that trouble?

Address him as anything other than chief, and it was rumored that you'd end up 6 feet under and no one will ever find your remains.

I say rumored because occasionally whenever I felt he needed to be taken down a peg or two, I called him by the names he didn't quite appreciate. And as far as I could tell, I was pretty much alive and not 6 feet under.

Over time, he adjusted his attitude for the better with the other agents and teams, but the the attitude adjustment did not seem to apply to me.

Most probably because I had bit of a habit of disobeying his orders, making things as difficult for him as possible and never really followed his rules.

In my defence, those rules were meant to be broken. I feel like most of them were specifically made to keep me under control, but he denied that ofcourse. Deep down, I knew he was terrified of me, and knew that if he did say something about my behaviour to Chris, it'll only end up bad for him. The guy has some serious ego issues.

That didn't stop him from sending me to life-threatening suicide missions which most of the teams were incapable of handling. Him and I both knew I could complete the mission, but we also knew it was a way of him showing me how much he couldn't stand me.

But then again, I'm like the greatest asset this agency has, so it'll be his loss.

He's a pain in the ass really. It was like he had a sworn agenda to disagree with everything I say. Even though he valued me as an agent, everybody knew he couldn't stand me as a person.

Even though I basically own the agency now, Me and Viola never really stopped doing solo missions as this Agency meant a lot to the both of us.

Chris appointed Zack as the new chief of the agency before he left all those years ago. Zack was the oldest, most trusted and the best field agent Chris had before me.

I was too young to be appointed the chief at the time and didn't really know my way around the agency. Things here worked a lot differently than at that organization with William.

Well obviously, but I wasn't quite used to it.

Being new to the normal world, it obviously took me some time to adjust with the new surroundings, my new home and one of the biggest challenges was to gain my mafia's trust.

Eventually, more people joined in and the group grew bigger each day.

By the time Chris left, I had a pretty big army and Ace and I were already discussing alliances to collide our Mafia's and make it one big powerful group. (Chapter 6)

Ofcoure I was devastated when Chris left as he was the only man that had ever treated me like a human and was the father figure that I never really had, I was also working hard with the responsibilities he had left me with.

Even though our Mafia was thriving, I still worked with the agency as a solo agent and took up missions that most of the teams couldn't perform or accel.

Chris valued his teams. In order to be a field agent, you'd have to be on a team. The teams usually consisted of about 4-7 agents, with four being the minimum and seven being the maximum.

Me on the other hand, was not allocated into any team, because for one, I really didn't know how to work with one.

All my life, I'd been going on solo missions for William. Occasionally I'd have a partner, like Everly back in the day, if the mission was too much of a risk.

Second, I had some serious anxiety issues around people. Like someone would do something as simple as asking me how I was doing, or ask about my name or age, and I'd go bonkers and panic.

I'd always be paranoid about how everyone was probably out there to get me and take me back to that hell hole.

Well, that's a habit I could never really let go of. I'm still a paranoid little shit, but it's definitely better than before.

But it was different with Chris though. He always had this aura that'd just make you feel safe whenever he was around.

I mean don't get me wrong, he could be intimidating as shit whenever he was at work, but beneath that cold facade was just a kind man who I started calling my father.

So, for these reasons, I was never put into a team, as I really didn't work well with strangers. Chris understood that and respected that. He never really pushed me into doing anything and always tried to make me feel comfortable. He was like a guardian angel that they show in movies.

He was the only one I had grown to completely trust in our short period of time together.

Before he left, I'd go on all sorts of solo missions, whether it be retrieving, rescue or take down and accel each one with quite easy.

Going on missions made me feel like myself while everything was changing and gave me a sort of comfort knowing that I was doing that by my own free will.

The adrenaline would sort of just make me forget about my pathetic life and take me into a completely new, fantasy land where all I had to do was focus and complete my target.

And the proud smile and talk Chris would give me after each completed mission was something I lived for.

I know it sounds messed up but it was way better than feeling sorry for myself.

One day, I walked into Chris's office and saw a girl sitting there. She looked a bit older than me and had a straight professional look on her face as she talked with Chris about something. She gave me a weird look as I walked in and sat in one of the chairs placed along with Chri's behind his desk while he gave me a cheerful smile.

Later did I find out that the name of the girl was Viola. She was there to resign from her current team. She was the youngest one on her team and nobody took her that seriously even though she was a great agent.

She filled in a special request to perform as a solo agent, thus the private meeting with the chief of the time, Christopher.

Even though I was the only solo agent the agency had had, Chris still agreed to have her be a solo agent as long as the both of us carried out the missions together.

So basically, we were two separate solo agents who went on some missions together. Even though we were not technically a team, the two of us together were way better than any other team in the agency.

And no, that's not me boasting, it's a fact. Christopher said so himself.

After going on a few missions together, we eventually started to get comfortable with each other.

Turned out, she was actually really friendly and knew how to keep a conversation going for hours!

She was big on talking while I was more of a listener. So it worked out perfectly. She also told me about how she and her brother Felix had moved here from Russia after the death of their parents to live with their aunt and uncle.

Once we were close enough, she opened up to me about how her parents left the whole Russian Mafia into the hands of their kids. Felix was the one managing everything but she said that she'd join in too once she is old enough.

She was the first friend I had made at the agency and I was so glad to have a girl as a friend about my age who I could relate to in more ways than I could have imagined.

She was a really easy person to talk to and hanging out with her really helped with my social anxiety and the fear of talking to strangers.

It was like Chris knew she could help me and make me come out of my little shell and be more confident rather than stay mute and act invisible all the time. It's almost as if he's my real father and knows exactly what is best for me.

Well, whether he's my biological dad or not, it doesn't really matter.

Coming back to today, today is the day Alfie will get sorted into one of the teams.

He gave out a trial, or a 'skill test', as we call it and I humiliated him successfully back then. (Chapter 13)

After that day, his regular training began and I just made it a little more hard for him. The trainer was a friend of mine, and she gladly increased his work out schedule, practice sessions and running hours after I asked her to.

So basically, he was supposed to cover about 35 rounds of the training field daily while the other in-training agents took only about 20.

Alfie was supposed to attend the heavy practice sessions every day, while the others only did like five times a week.

And don't even get me started on how I messed up his work out schedule and all the other strings I pulled just to see him suffer.

Well, like I said, I just made his training a little tougher for him.

What? He has to break a sweat if he wants to be a part of this agency.

Oh, and my entertainment is important too ofcourse. And watching him in the training room almost passing out from the whole session......well it was quite entertaining.

Yes I'm evil. And yes I know you enjoy it.

Don't even try to deny it.

To my surprise, he didn't even complain once. Even though he'd almost look like a living corpse by dinner time, he still would make it to practice every day punctually, and need I remind you, it's a THREE HOUR drive from here.

Like I can't even-

I know.

But do I feel bad?

Um..... mayb-

Nah, No I don't.

Well I know I'm being a very bad sister or whatever, but I think that we can all agree that he bought this on himself really. He really shouldn't haven been a dick and called my family names.

All of his hard work will pay off today though.

After being in training for about two months, you have to go through a test again. All of your skills are tested on a more professional level to remark if you're capable of handling missions yet or not.

If you pass the test, then a ceremony is conducted with all the heads, senior and junior agents where you get sorted into an already existing or a new team.

If you fail the test, you get back in training and try again in two months. Each individual is allowed to give this test three times. If they fail constantly, they're taken out of field training and given a desk job instead.

Me and Viola usually like to take these tests ourselves to make it just a little more challenging for the already scared, nervous, poor little agents.

Yes, we are TOTALLY evil. I Know.

For Alfie's test, Viola took that one as I was preoccupied with some other things. But I do know that Viola made it atleast ten times worse for him than I would have.

Later when I watched the footage, I do have to admit that he passed the test with flying colors despite the fact how difficult it was. He did better than any other agent must I add.

I guess those extra hours really did pay off. Except for the almost killing him part ofcourse.

I'm also starting to believe that he's actually serious about this. At first, I really thought this was just some stupid way to talk to me and try to sort things out, but dude, I don't think it's a joke anymore.

So tonight is the ceremony. Alfie is going to be there, me and Viola are gonna be there, Chris Felix and Ace are gonna be there and Lucian is gonna be there.

I know, even I'm not excited about the last one.

Alexander has an important business meeting tonight, Jeremy and Everly have plans, not like they were invited anyway, and Charlotte too, was straight up not invited.

Well neither was Lucian, but he insisted on coming after he read a text about the ceremony from Zack on Alfie's phone.

He said how he wanted to be a part of his 'younger siblings life' and be there to see their 'achievements'.

Well I think that's a bunch of crap but whatever. If he gets to see how cool I am, it's not gonna be the end of the world. *happily grins like a child*

Besides, it's Alfie who gets to invite whoever he wants. It's not really up to me.

So, at the ceremony, Alfie along with the other agents got sorted into their respected teams based off their skill, experience and stealth.

I knew most of the agents and teams here at the agency so I helped Zack in placing the agents with the teams I think they'd be quite compatible with.

I also placed Alfie in one of the good teams with some really great agents. I went on a mission with them once and they were quite friendly.

The leader of the group was smart, swift and always helped her teammates on missions. The whole team was loyal and had each other's back throughout. If teams were my thing, I would have definitely been a part of that one.

I think being a part of that team would really help Alfie in fitting in and understanding this community a bit better.

I know that you're probably shocked, but I can actually be nice too you know.

The whole evening went smoothly and I think everyone was pretty happy with the teams they got.

For Lucian however, it was probably a night filled with misery and trauma.

Being alone with the death squad, aka the deadliest people in the world, he was quite .... hysterical the entire night.

Whenever he'd try to say something, he'd either just get ignored or end up getting glared at.

No matter how childish and annoying Ace might come off as, he really did hate the guy as much as I did, if not more. Afterall, he was the only one who knew the full extent of my childhood.

(A/N IMPORTANT)

Heyyyyy!!!

Sooo.... how are y'all doin??

This was like one of the longest chapters I've written in a while.

So I was reading some of the previous chapters of this book and I think my writing has gotten kindof like... slow? I guess.

See, I have the plot planned for the story I just sorta don't know how to.....get there.

Uhm...hehe...

One of the main reason behind this is probably that I've like lost touch with writing regularly because of school and stuff.

Like if you've read this book from the beginning since I started posting, you probably know that I used to update daily.

Now, it's barely once a week.

I wrote this chapter so y'all can get a bit of backstory about the characters,see a bit of character development and get back in touch with the story line.

I mentioned a few chapters in this chapter, and if you like, you can go back and read those to refresh your memory a bit as I know I update irregularly and with the amount of books we read, we tend to mix things up.

If you don't wanna read the whole book again, you can let me know and I'll mention a few important chapters which you can read and it'll give you an overview of the book to help refresh your memory.

Also, this book is most likely coming to an end soon.

I think it'll have about 4-5 more chapters.

Thankyou so much for reading this book and if you feel like it's getting a bit boring, I'm so sorry! But I'll definitely try to improve it now, especially as it's the last few chapters.

And as for all of you who want Charlotte getting exposed, soon people. SOON.

Trust me, I want that too lmao.

But like I said, I just don't know how to get there.

So if any of you have any kind of idea, I'm all ears.

Once again, thankyou so much for reading this book. I love each and every one of you who has supported my writing and I hope you'll keep doing it<3 I never thought I'd get so many reads and I'm just so grateful for all of you. All of you are just PERFECT just the way you are and ily<3.

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