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I Spy

Summary:

After years of being blackmailed by MI6, Alex Rider has little fight left in him.
Ella Cornell is another former child spy. Disenfranchised by work and her family, she moves to England looking for a fresh start.
Worlds collide when the two meet, and they embark on a journey of healing past wounds, forming new bonds, and fighting like hell to grow up in world they never expected to see.

 

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Chapter 1: Prologue

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Prologue

This wasn't how this was supposed to go down. Plans were meticulously made and there was absolutely no room for error. The chair feels like one I would have sat in a dentist's office, back when I still had time for trivial things like that.

I've been on the brink of death countless times, and my life has never flashed before my eyes until now.

At first, all I envision is a future I would never get to see. What would happen to my family, my friends, my country?

All the things that I would never get to experience flash through my tired head. Then came the memories. So many memories.

I want to say that I lived a good life. That I always did the right thing and lived selflessly and altruistically. But we all know that wasn't true. What would my mistakes mean for my family, my friends, my country?

Visions of terrible futures intertwined with memories cloud my vision as a man enters the room. I choke on every mistake I have ever made as he steps closer to me. If only I had–