Shade looks at Hatter as they drove towards Washington D.C. He could tell she wasn’t happy about leaving Bree behind or leaving her.

“Are we doing the right thing about adopting Bree?” Aylin looks at Mark as he sat behind the steering wheel.

“Yes, and you knew from the beginning that there will be times we will have to leave her. Look at Dakota and Terry. They sometimes have to leave the twins when Anika has a mission for them.”

“But they have an older adopted daughter now and a new younger sister.” Aylin visited the garage one time and ran into Terry’s new sister.

She was shorter than Terry but observant. She had been sitting in a race car that looked a little like Wraith. Some design features matched Wraith’s overall design.

“And we have your mother, Elizabeth, and our friends. You know Clair and Brandy would have babysat for us if they could.” Mark had cruise control engaged on the Lincoln.

He’s been talking to Terry about doing some upgrades to the Lincoln. So, the only upgrade he has had done to the Lincoln is had some Kevlar armor added to the body. The glass has been replaced as well. The Lincoln could withstand small arms fire, but nothing like Wraith and Noble could dish out and withstand. Terry told him that to do a full upgrade to the Lincoln, he would have to take the car to the frame and rebuild from there.

“I know, I’m just worried about Bree. Besides you and the other members of our team, I’ve never cared for people.” Hatter watches as they traveled down the interstate.

“That’s not exactly true. You care about your adopted family in England.” Mark knew Aylin always sent money to the couple that took her in and treat her as if she was their daughter.

According to what Aylin told him about them. They took her off the streets when she got her revenge on the doctor that experimented on her and her birth father. She had been injured and high as a kite when they found her. Lottie and Cyril took her in and nursed her back to health.

They also were the ones that brought her humanity back from the darkness she had been absorbed into. According to Lottie, Aylin was acting more animal, than human. What the doctor did to her, seriously messed her up. Also, it didn’t help she had been separated and imprisoned since she was six years old.

He learned a lot by talking with them about Aylin. They also told him about all the kindness she did for several families as well. He knew she didn’t want to have anything to do with her stepmother or brother in England.

“How much longer do we have before we get there?” Aylin was getting bored with just driving.

“Another hour-n-half, sweetie. Why don’t you relax and take a nap or something? Because you know we are going to be busy helping your
cousin Mouse.”

“I’m not tried. I’m more bored and worried than anything else.” Hatter looks at the picture she took of Bree. She had caught Bree doing something silly and took a picture of it.

“I’m missing Bree as well.” Mark couldn’t believe how attached he has become to Bree.

He hasn’t taken Bree to meet his parents yet. Between coming back from Brazil and being in several MMA matches. He has finally had some time to spend with Bree and getting to know her.

Inside of Wraith:
“So, how does it feel to be raising a newborn and having a granddaughter now, Anika?” Dakota looks over towards Anika.

She had Wraith on self-drive mode. She loved she didn’t have to drive him.

“Weird. I never thought in a million years I would become a mother to a newborn or have grandchildren.” Anika never thought of herself as the motherly type.

“You took in Hatter and made her your daughter. Why do you feel so strange being a mother to a newborn?”

“Aylin just needed someone to guide her and help her overcome what was done to her. Most of the hard work had already been done in straightening her out. She has people in England that see her as their adopted daughter. As for Kiera, I never thought when I decided to become a woman, that I would want to be a mother as well. My whole purpose for becoming a woman was to get revenge on the ones who had tried to kill me and my friends.”

“But you did know that somewhere down the line your motherly instincts would kick in. I know mine did when I saw what I was missing when I saw families.” Dakota knew she had been hit hard by how she felt for the twins.

“Why do you think I was such a workaholic? I was burying myself with work, so I wouldn’t have those feelings. It also didn’t help becoming Aylin’s mother and visiting my brother and seeing his girls. I always thought Jack was too cold to be a father, but I was mistaking. I saw how his personality changed when he was around his girls and what he would do to protect them.”

“I know what you mean. Bart and his wife have always wanted children, but because they couldn’t. I always felt sorry for my sister-in-law. She wanted to be a mother so bad, but because Bart uses to be a CIA agent, he was a little scared his past would come back and hunt him. And it did. The Russian agent that attacked his wife almost destroyed him.”

“I remember, Bart was away on a mission for Cheshire when it happened. When he got back, he found out his wife had been attacked. He decided that he wanted revenge and took matters into his own hands. I was sent to bring him back, but I couldn’t. So, I joined him on his revenge mission.”

“Terry is the same way. He built Wraith as a revenge vehicle against the Taliban and Isis terrorists hiding out in America. Wraith isn’t happy unless he has shed some Taliban blood.” Dakota pats Wraith’s dash.

There was a slight growl that came from Wraith when she pats his dash.

“Did he just growl?” Anika was surprised.

“Yes, he did.” A smile appears on Dakota’s face.

“Okay, I didn’t know Wraith was like KITT from Night Rider.”

“He’s not, but he does have a spirit about him that develops from all the terrorists he has killed. It’s like he enjoys killing terrorists.”

“Okay.” Anika looked stumped.

60 Wolfe St, Alexandria, VA.:
Gina looks at the three women in the kitchen making pizza dough. One was a young female that looked to be in her early teens, and she was wearing a faded pair of tight blue jeans, that had flour on them. Next to her was a dark-haired young girl and she was wearing a light dress.
The third woman looked to be in her early twenties and had dark hair as well. She was showing the two teens how to twirl the pizza dough in the air.

“Who would have thought, Lilly knew how to toss a pizza?” Mouse looks at her new friend.

They watch as Lilly lays the pizza dough out on the pizza pan and starts adding the other ingredients. Even Chris was amazed at how talented Lilly was. He didn’t think anyone knew how to toss a pizza as his favorite pizza restaurant did.

“Which one is Lilly?” Gin leans into Mouse.

“The tall one. The teenager standing on her left is Ashley and Zoey, is on her right-hand side.” Mouse points the teenagers out.

Zoey puts her pizza dough on the next pizza pan and turns around to wave at Gina and Mouse. She looks at Gina and behind her to see where the wolf was.

“What is she looking for?” Gina looks behind her.

Zoey heard what Gina said and sign to Mouse asking where the wolf was? Zoey wanted to see the big bad wolf she saw in her dreams.

“Zoey wants to know where Cadmus is?” Mouse was getting used to Zoey’s predictions.

“He’s at home protecting my daughter. He doesn’t like flying.” Gina had turned back around and wonder how she knew about Cadmus.

“You own a wolf?” Ashley looks towards Gina when she asks that question.

“Yes, he’s my best friend and my bodyguard. The problem is, he hates flying.” Gina knew Cadmus didn’t like flying that much, just like his sire, Chaos.

“Oh, okay.” Ashley was happy with that explanation.

“So, why are people trying to kill Zoey and you?” Gina turns to face Marshal Weather.

“Because she can identify the killers and knows the account number and password of where her father stored the information.” Chris looks at Gina when he informs her.

Gina looks at Zoey and could sense the girl was intelligent and special. Something inside her could just tell.

“How long have you been on the run and how did it happen that you managed to drag my cousin into this problem?” Gina was curious.

Zoey holds up one finger and runs off to get her art pad. She runs upstairs to the bedroom she and Chris slept in.

“Zoey saw your cousin getting involved in the case.” Chris walks over to the pizza Zoey had been working on and finishes it. He knew what she liked, after the weeks of protecting her.

Lilly finishes her pizza up and places it into the oven. She turns around and looks at Gina and notices she was Asian-looking.

“No offense to you Mrs. Bounty, but are your parents Oriental?” Lilly didn’t want to appear rude to Mouse’s cousin.

A smile appears on Gina’s face “I was adopted by her uncle. You should see my other three sisters. My oldest sister looks like the actress Charisma Carpenter. My two younger sisters are Russian and Mexican. My father is part American and part Irish.”

“So, you have three other sisters?” Ashley looks at Gina.

“Yep, my older sister is a Montana K9 police officer. My next youngest sister is an International Chess Master, and my youngest sister is a well-respected baker. She makes the most tasteful cakes and pies.”

“Are all your sister trained like you?” Marshal Weather looks at Gina.

“Only me and my oldest sister are the only ones, besides our parents that you have to worry about. My other sisters can defend themselves if they are attacked. However, I and my older sister are the ones you have to worry about and our wolves as well.”

“Why your wolves?” Ashley was curious.

“Because they have been trained to protect me and my family members. Also, they are trained to kill as well.” An evil smile appears on Gina’s face after saying that.

“I don’t think I want to meet them.” A shiver runs down Ashley’s back.

A few minutes later, Zoey shows back up and shows her art pad to Gina. Gina looks through it and notices that the men after Zoey were in the art pad. She also notices that the account number was hidden in the picture as well. Most people would overlook it, but her keen eyes spotted it right away.

She continues to flip through the artwork and notices the one of Mouse and the mouse lady dress as James Bond. She glances towards Mouse “she caught you, cousin.”

Mouse looks at the mouse lady and now everything was falling into place. She notices Zoey was looking at her with a puzzled look on her face. A smile appears on Mouse’s face as she looks at the different pictures that have been done.

“Pizza is ready.” Ashley has been monitoring the pizzas in the oven.

She starts taking them out and setting them on the counter. She lets them cool, before she cuts them under Lilly’s watchful eyes.