From the Worlds of New York Times Best-Selling Author

Wolf Pact novel

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Id Tell You I Love You, But Then Id Have to Kill You
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
Dont Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Only the Good Spy Young
Out of Sight, Out of Time

Heist Society
Uncommon Criminals
Perfect Scoundrels

From the Worlds of New York Times Best-Selling Author

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Copyright 2013 by Ally Carter

Excerpt from Heist Society copyright 2010 by Ally Carter
Excerpt from Id Tell You I Love You, But Then Id Have to Kill You
copyright 2006 by Ally Carter
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CHAPTER 1

o one knew for certain when the trouble started at

the Colgan School. Some members of its alumni association
blamed the decision to admit girls. Others cited newfangled
liberal ideals and a general decline in the respect for elders
worldwide. But no matter the theory, no one could deny that,
recently, life at the Colgan School was different.
Oh, its grounds were still perfectly manicured. Three
quarters of the senior class were already well on their way to
being early-accepted into the Ivy League. Photos of presidents
and senators and CEOs still lined the dark-paneled hallway
outside the headmasters office.
But in the old days, no one would ever have declined
admission to Colgan on the day before classes started, forcing
the administration to scramble to fill the slot. Historically, any

vacancy would have been met with a waiting list a mile long,
but this year, for some reason, there was only one applicant
eager to enroll at that late date.
Most of all, there had been a time when honor meant
something at the Colgan School, when school property was
respected, when the faculty was reveredwhen the headmasters mint-condition 1958 Porsche Speedster would never
have been placed on top of the fountain in the quad with water
shooting out of its headlights on an unusually warm evening
in November.
There had been a time when the girl responsiblethe
very one who had lucked into that last-minute vacancy only
a few months beforewould have had the decency to admit
what shed done and quietly taken her leave of the school. But
unfortunately, that era, much like the headmasters car, was
finished.
Two days after Porsche-gate, as the students had taken
to calling it, the girl in question had the nerve to sit in the
hallway of the administration building beneath the black-andwhite stare of three senators, two presidents, and a Supreme
Court justice, with her head held high, as if shed done nothing
wrong.
More students than usual filed down the corridor that day,
going out of their way to steal a glance and whisper behind
cupped hands.
Thats her.
Shes the one I was telling you about.
How do you think she did it?
Any other student might have flinched in that bright spotlight, but from the moment Katarina Bishop set foot on the
Colgan campus, shed been something of an enigma. Some said

shed gained her last-minute slot because she was the daughter
of an incredibly wealthy European businessman who had made
a very generous donation. Some looked at her perfect posture
and cool demeanor, rolled her first name across their tongues,
and assumed that she was Russian royaltyone of the last of
the Romanovs.
Some called her a hero; others called her a freak.
Everyone had heard a different story, but no one knew the
truththat Kat really had grown up all over Europe, but she
wasnt an heiress. That she did, in fact, have a Faberg egg, but
she wasnt a Romanov. Kat herself could have added a thousand
rumors to the mill, but she stayed quiet, knowing that the only
thing no one would believe was the truth.
Katarina? the headmasters secretary called. The board
will see you now.
Kat rose calmly, but as she stepped toward the open door
twenty feet from the headmasters office, she heard her shoes
squeak; she felt her hands tingle. Every nerve in her body
seemed to stand on end as she realized that somehow, in the
last three months, she had become someone who wore squeaky
shoes.
That, whether she liked it or not, they were going to hear
her coming.
Kat was used to looking at a room and seeing all the angles, but
shed never seen a room quite like this before.
Though the hallway outside was long and straight, this
room was round. Dark wood surrounded her; dim lights hung
from a low ceiling. It felt to Kat almost like a cave, except for
a tall, slim window where a narrow beam of sunlight came
pouring in. Suddenly, Kat found herself reaching out, wanting

to run her hands through the rays. But then someone cleared his
throat, a pencil rolled across a desk, and Kats shoes squeaked
again, bringing her back to the moment.
You may sit down.
The voice came from the back of the room, and at first Kat
didnt know whod spoken. Like the voice, the faces before her
were unfamiliar: the twelve on her right were wrinkle-free and
freshstudents just like her (or as much like her as a Colgan
student could possibly be). The twelve people on her left had
hair that was a little thinner, or makeup that was a little heavier.
But regardless of age, all the members of the Colgan School
Honor Board were wearing identical black robes and impassive expressions as they watched Kat walk to the center of the
circular room.
Sit, Ms. Bishop, Headmaster Franklin said from his
place in the front row. He looked especially pale in his dark
robe. His cheeks were too puffy, his hair too styled. He was
the sort of man, Kat realized, who probably wished he were
as fast and sporty as his car. And then, despite everything, Kat
grinned a little, imagining the headmaster himself propped up
in the middle of the quad, squirting water.
As Kat took her seat, the senior boy beside the headmaster rose and announced, The Colgan School Honor
Board shall come to order. His voice echoed around the
room. All who wish to speak shall be heard. All who wish
to follow the light shall see. All who wish to seek justice shall
find the truth. Honor for one, the boy finished, and before
Kat could really process what shed heard, twenty-four voices
chorused, Honor for all.
The boy sat and ruffled through the pages of an old leatherbound book until the headmaster prodded, Jason . . .

Oh. Yeah. Jason picked up the heavy book. The Colgan

School Honor Board will hear the case of Katarina Bishop,
sophomore. The committee will hear testimony that on the
tenth of November, Ms. Bishop did willfully . . . um . . . steal
personal property. Jason chose his words carefully, while a girl
in the second row stifled a laugh.
That by committing this act at two a.m., she was
also in violation of the school curfew. And that Ms. Bishop
willfully destroyed school artifacts. Jason lowered the
book and pauseda little more dramatically than necessary,
Kat thoughtbefore he added, According to the Colgan
Code of Honor, these charges are punishable by expulsion.
Do you understand the charges as they have been read
to you?
Kat took a moment to make sure the board really did want
her to respond before she said, I didnt do it.
The charges. Headmaster Franklin leaned forward.
The question, Ms. Bishop, was whether you understood the
charges.
I do. Kat felt her heartbeat change rhythm. I just dont
agree with them.
I the headmaster started again, but a woman to his
right touched his arm lightly.
She smiled at Kat as she said, Headmaster, I seem to
remember that in matters such as this, its customary to take
the students full academic history into account. Perhaps we
should begin with a review of Ms. Bishops record?
Oh. The headmaster seemed to deflate a bit. Well, thats
quite right, Ms. Connors, but since Ms. Bishop has only been
with us a few months, she has no record to speak of.
But surely this is not the first school the young woman

has attended? Ms. Connors asked, and Kat bit back a nervous
laugh.
Well, yes, the headmaster admitted grudgingly. Of
course. And we tried to contact those schools, but there was
a fire at Trinity that destroyed the entire admissions office and
most of their records. And the Bern Institute experienced a
terrible computer crash last summer, so weve had a very
difficult time finding . . . things.
The headmaster looked at Kat as if disasters must
follow wherever she went. Ms. Connors, on the other hand,
looked impressed. Those are two of the finest schools in
Europe.
Yes, maam. My father, he . . . does a lot of work there.
What do your parents do?
As Kat searched the second row for the girl whod posed
the question, she started to ask exactly why her parents occupations mattered. But then she remembered that Colgan was
the kind of place where who your parents were and what they
did always seemed to matter.
My mother died when I was six.
A few people gave a slight sigh at this, but Headmaster Franklin pressed on. And your father? he asked,
unwilling to let a conveniently deceased mother swing any
sympathy votes Kats way. What does he do?
Art, Kat said simply, carefully. He does a lot of things,
but he specializes in art.
At this, the head of the fine arts department perked up.
Collecting? the man asked.
Again Kat had to fight back a smile. More like . . .
distribution.
Interesting though this may be, Headmaster Franklin

interrupted, it does not pertain to . . . the matter at hand.

Kat could have sworn hed stopped himself from saying to my
convertible.
No one responded. The only motion in the room was
the dust that still danced in the narrow beam of falling light.
Finally, Headmaster Franklin leaned forward and narrowed
his eyes. Kat had seen lasers with less focus as the headmaster
snapped: Ms. Bishop, where were you on the night of November tenth?
In my room. Studying.
On a Friday night? You were studying? The headmaster
glanced at his colleagues as if that were the most outrageous lie
any Colgan student had ever dared to utter.
Well, Colgan is an exceptionally difficult institution. I
have to study.
And you didnt see anyone? Jason asked.
No, I
Oh, but someone saw you, didnt they, Ms. Bishop?
Headmaster Franklins voice was cold and sharp. We have
cameras monitoring the grounds. Or didnt you know? he
asked with a chuckle.
But of course Kat knew about the cameras. She suspected
she knew more about every aspect of Colgan security than the
headmaster did, but she didnt think this was the appropriate time to say so. There were too many witnesses. Too much
was at stake. And, besides, the headmaster was already smiling
triumphantly and dimming the lights with a remote control.
Kat had to twist in her chair to see a section of the round wall
sliding aside, revealing a large TV.
This young woman bears a striking resemblance to
you, does she not, Ms. Bishop? As Kat watched the grainy

black-and-white video, she recognized the quad, of course, but

she had never seen the person who was running across it wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.
Thats not me.
But the dormitory doors were only opened once that
nightat 2:27 a.m.using a student identification card. This
card. Kats stomach flipped as the single-worst picture she had
ever taken appeared on the screen. This is your Colgan student I.D., is it not, Ms. Bishop?
Yes, but
And thisHeadmaster Franklin reached beneath his
seatwas found during a search of your belongings. The
personalized license plateCOLGAN-1seemed to glow as he
held it above his head.
It felt to Kat as though all the air had left the dim room
as a strange feeling swept over her. After all, accused she could
handle; wrongly accused was entirely new territory.
Katarina? Ms. Connors asked, as if begging Kat to prove
them wrong.
I know that seems like a lot of very convincing evidence,
Kat said, her mind working, gears spinning. Maybe too much
evidence? I mean, would I really use my own I.D. if Id done
it?
So since there is evidence that you did it, that should
prove that you didnt do it? Even Ms. Connors sounded skeptical.
Well, Kat said, Im not stupid.
The headmaster laughed. Oh, well, how would you have
done it? He was mocking herbaiting heryet Kat couldnt
help but think about the answer:
There was a shortcut behind Warren Hall that was closer and

darker and completely void of cameras. . . .

The doors wouldnt need an I.D. to open if you had enough
Bubblicious to cover the sensor on your way out. . . .
If youre going to pull a prank of that nature, you
dont do it the night before a morning when the maintenance staff
will be awake long before the students. . . .
Headmaster Franklin smiled smugly, relishing her silence,
as if he were so smart.
But Kat had already learned that people at Colgan were
frequently wronglike when her Italian teacher had said that
Kats accent would always make her stand out on the streets of
Rome (even though Kat had already passed for a Franciscan nun
during a particularly difficult job in Vatican City). She thought
about how silly her History of Art teacher had sounded when
shed waxed poetic about seeing the Mona Lisa (when Kat knew
for a fact that the Louvres original had been replaced with a
fake in 1862).
Kat had learned quite a lot of things before enrolling at the
Colgan Schoolbut the thing that she knew best was that this
was the kind of place where she could never share them.
I dont know about Trinity or Bern or any of those European schools, young lady, but at the Colgan School we follow
the rules. The headmasters fist banged the table. We respect
the property of others. We adhere to the honor code of this
institution and the laws of this country.
But Kat already knew about honor. Shed grown up with
her own set of rules. And the first rule of Katarina Bishops
family was simple: Dont get caught.
Katarina, Ms. Connors said, do you have anything to
add that might explain this?
Kat could have said, Thats not me or There must be

some kind of mistake. The great irony was that if this had
been an ordinary con, she could have lied her way through
it without a second thought. But the truth? That, she wasnt
so good at.
Her I.D. badge had been duplicated. The license plate had
been planted in her room. Someone had dressed like her and
made sure they were caught on camera.
Shed been framed. And Kat didnt dare say what she was
thinking: that whoever had done it, they were very, very good.
Kats bags were packed in twenty minutes. She might have
lingered, saying her good-byes, but there were no good-byes
to say. And so, after three months at Colgan, Kat couldnt help
but wonder if the day she got expelled from boarding school
might become the proudest moment of her familys long and
colorful past. She imagined everyone sitting around Uncle Eddies kitchen table years from now, telling about the time little
Katarina stole a whole other life and then walked away without
a trace.
Well, almost, Kat thought as she carried her bags past the
once-perfect lawn. Ruts still tracked to and from the mangled
fountain in the center of the quad: a muddy reminder that
would no doubt last until spring.
She heard laughter coming from behind her, and turned.
A group of eighth grade boys was standing together, whispering, until one bravely broke away from the pack.
Uh . . . he started, then glanced back at his friends,
summoning courage. We were wondering . . . um. Howd you
do it?
A stretch limo pulled through the ornate gates and up to
the curb. The trunk popped open. As the driver started for her

bags, Kat looked at the boys and then back at Colgan one final
time. That is an excellent question.
The bells chimed. Students hurried between classes, across
the quad. And as Kat crawled into the backseat of the limo,
she couldnt help feeling slightly sad, or as sad as anyone
could feel about losing something that wasnt rightfully theirs
to begin with. She leaned back and sighed, Well, I guess thats
over.
And it would have been . . . if another voice hadnt said,
Actually, its just beginning.

CHAPTER

at jumped. In the dim light, she hadnt noticed the

figure sitting at the other end of the limos bench, smiling back
at her.
Hale? she asked as if the boy might be an imposter. But
then a very different question crossed her mind. Hale, what
are you doing here?
I thought you might need a ride.
The headmasters office called me a car.
He shrugged, indifferent but amused. And here I am in
a submarine.
As the limo pulled out of the schools circular driveway,
Hale turned and looked out the window. Kat watched him take
in the grounds, a faint smile on his lips as if there were no place
on earth he really had to be. Kat sometimes wondered if that

kind of self-assurance was something only very old money could

buy. Then she wondered if it was something you could steal.
Hale waved as the gates of the Colgan School faded into
the distance. Good-bye, Colgan! He turned to her. Hello,
Kitty Kat.
Hale, how did you know I was . . .
But Kat didnt finish. Suddenly, she wasnt in the back of a
limoshe was sitting on a hard chair, staring at the black-andwhite surveillance footage of someone in a hooded sweatshirt
running across the quad. She was looking at the image of her
own student I.D. magnified on a TV screen. She was watching
Headmaster Franklin hold a crumpled vanity plate above his
head for all to see.
Hale, Kat sighed. The headmasters car? Really? Thats
not too clichd for you?
What can I say? He shrugged. Im an old-fashioned
guy. Besides, its a classic for a reason. He leaned against the
window. Its good to see you, Kat.
Kat didnt know what to say. Its good to see you too?
Thanks for getting me kicked out? Is it possible youve gotten
even hotter? I think I might have missed you?
So instead she settled on, Did my father put you up to
this?
Hale exhaled a quick laugh and shook his head. He hasnt
returned my calls since Barcelona. He leaned closer and
whispered, I think he might still be mad at me.
Yeah, well, that makes two of us.
Hey, Hale snapped. We all agreed that that monkey
seemed perfectly well trained at the time.
Kat simply shook her head. You got me kicked out, Hale.
He grinned and gave a slow bow. Youre welcome.

You trashed the headmasters car.

W. W. Hale the Fourth bought that car for Headmaster
Franklin, or didnt they mention that? Granted, it was to make up
for a fire that W. W. Hale the Fifth allegedly started in the eighth
gradebefore they suggested that all current and future W. W.
Hales continue their educations elsewherewhich worked out
just as well since Im at the Knightsbury Institute now.
Ive never heard of it.
My father got a letter just last week telling him that I have
become a model student.
Congratulations, Kat said, doubting it.
Yeah, well, Im the only student. He grinned a very Halelike grin. Of course, the downside of attending a fictional
school is that our lacrosse team sucks. Anyway, if the Colgan
School wanted to be technical about it, I trashed my car.
She studied W. W. Hale the Fifth. He looked older than
sixteen, with messy light brown hair and golden skin, and a first
name that, despite two years of effort, Kat had never learned.
I doubt theyd see it that way, Wesley ? she guessed.
Hale smiled. Not. Even. Close.
So far Kat had been through all the Was she could think
of, but Hale hadnt admitted to being Walter or Ward or Washington. Hed firmly denied both Warren and Waverly. Watson
had prompted him to do a very bad Sherlock Holmes impersonation throughout a good portion of a train ride to Edinburgh, Scotland. And Wayne seemed so wrong that she hadnt
even tried.
Hale was Hale. And not knowing what the Ws stood for
had become a constant reminder to Kat that, in life, there are
some things that can be given but never stolen.
Of course, that didnt stop her from trying.

So, how long before you broke into the student records
office? Hale asked. A week? Kat felt her cheeks go red.
But you didnt find anything on me, did you? He raised an
eyebrow. Kat, he sighed her name. That is so sweet. And
innocent. Naive looks good on you.
Dont get used to it.
He shook his head. Oh, I wont.
The whisperlike purr of the engine filled the car as it
snaked through the countryside.
Whyd you do it, Hale?
You dont belong in that place.
Whyd you do it? she asked again, her patience wearing
thin. Im not joking, Hale.
Neither am I, Kat.
Youve got
A job for you, Hale said. And only you, he added
before she could protest.
The hills were growing steeper. Leaves scattered in the
wind, and in the distance, the sun glistened off a lake. But Kat
didnt take her eyes off Hale as she said, I dont want a job.
Youll want this one.
Im out of the family business. Or havent you heard?
Fine. Hale crossed his arms and sank deeper into the
seat. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes. Kat could
have sworn he was already half asleep when he asked, But are
you out of the family?

CHAPTER 3

f all the houses the Hale family owned, W. W. Hale

the Fifths favorite wasnt the penthouse on Park Avenue (too
pretentious), or the flat in Hong Kong (too noisy), or even the
mansion on Marthas Vineyard (entirely too much sand). No,
the youngest Hale was only truly fond of the old, six-hundredacre estate in rural New York. At least, that was the only place
where Kat had ever heard him say . . .
Were home.
The foyer was two stories tall and stretched in front of
them for at least thirty feet. Hale walked ahead of her, hurrying
past the Monet in the hall as if that would keep her from noticing itor stealing it. He gestured toward the stairs. Marcus
put you in the blue room. You can go upstairs if you want.
Or we can go out to the veranda and have Marcus bring you

something to eat. Are you hungry? I didnt even ask. Do you

want
I want you to tell me whats going on.
After hours of watching the New England countryside roll
by, and listening to Hale snore, Kat was finished with plotting
and strategizing how to get her boarding school life back. She
was out of options, so she called upon every thief s oldest and
most trusted method for getting what she wants: Ask nicely.
Please, Hale.
But he didnt answer. He was too busy walking down the
main hall, guiding Kat into a dim room that she had never
seen before. Moonlight cascaded through the windows that
lined one wall. There were bookshelves and leather sofas,
brandy decanters and the stale smell of old cigars and even
older money. There was no doubt in Kats mind that it was an
important room. For important men. And yet Kat brushed past
Hale without a second thought . . . until she saw the painting.
Stepping toward it was like approaching a window into
another country, another century. She studied the rich colors
and strong brushstrokes. Its beautiful, she whispered, staring
at the work of an Old Master in the moonlight.
Its Vermeer.
Kat turned to the boy who lingered in the doorway. Its
stolen.
What can I say? Hale eased behind her and studied the
painting over her shoulder. I met a very nice man who bet me
that he had the best security system in Istanbul. His breath
was warm on the back of her neck. He was mistaken.
Kat stayed perfectly still as Hale walked to the desk in
the far corner of the massive room, picked up a telephone and
said, Marcus, were home. Could you get some Yeah. The

library. He held his hand over the receiver. Do you like

corned beef? Kat glared at him, but he only smiled. She loves
it! he exclaimed. He hung up and collapsed onto one of the
leather sofas as if he owned the place, which, Kat had to remind
herself, he did.
So, Hale said with a slow, easy grin, did you miss me?
A good thief is always a great liar. Its part of the skill set,
the tools, the craft. And at that moment, Kat thought it was
probably a very good thing shed walked away from the life,
because when she said, No, Hale just smiled wider.
It really is good to see you, Kat.
You might want to remember who I am before you try
to con me.
No. Hale shook his head. You might want to remember
who you are. You want to go back to Colgan, is that it? After I
saved you from that place?
Colgan wasnt so bad. I could have been normal at Colgan.
Hale laughed. Trust me: you would never have been
normal at Colgan.
I could have been happy at Colgan.
They kicked you out, Kat.
Because you framed me!
Hale shrugged. Fair enough. He stretched his arms over
the back of the couch. I sprung you because Ive got a message
for you.
Doesnt your family own a cell phone company?
Only a little one. He held his fingers an inch apart to
illustrate his point. Besides, its more of a face-to-face kind of
message.
I thought my dad wasnt speaking to . . . She trailed off.
Hale shook his head. And suddenly Kat understood everything

a little better. She dropped onto the couch opposite him and
asked, So how is Uncle Eddie?
Hes good. Hale nodded. He sends his love. He says
the Colgan School will rob you of your soul. She started to
protest, but Hale stopped her. But thats not the message.
Hale, Kat exhaled, growing weary.
Kat, Hale mimicked. Do you want to hear Uncle
Eddies message or not?
Yes.
He says hes got to give them back.
What? Kat was sure she hadnt heard correctly. Uncle
Eddies got to give what
No. That is the message. And I quote. Hes got to give
them back.
Kat shook her head. I dont understand.
There was a job, Kat. A week ago. In Italy.
I havent heard about any jobs, Kat insisted before remembering that shed been out of the world. The loop. The
life. She knew what the Colgan cafeteria was serving every day
this month, but this . . .
Private collection, Hale continued. Very high-end
paintings. Very high security. Very high risk. Twomaybe
threecrews in the world could have done it, and
My dads at the top of the list?
Hale shook his head. There is no list. Theres just
Dad. Kat sat for a moment, thinking, then sighed. So?
she asked. Suddenly it all seemed preposterous. So what? This
is what he does, Hale. This is what we all do. What makes this
time any different?
She stood and started for the door, but in a flash, Hale was
standing; his hand was around her wrist.

Its different because its different, Kat. This guythis

guy with the paintingshes a bad guy.
Im Bobby Bishops daughter, Hale. I know a lot of bad
guys.
She tried to pull away, but Hales chest was pressed against
hers. His hands were warm against her skin. There was a new
urgency in his voice as he whispered, Listen to me, Kat. Hes
not a bad guy like your dad and Uncle Eddie are bad guys. He
took a deep breath. Like Im a bad guy. This guy? His names
Arturo Taccone, and hes a whole different kind of bad.
In the two years since shed met him, Kat had seen Hale
wear a lot of expressions: playful, intrigued, bored. But she had
never seen him scared before, and that, more than anything,
made her shiver.
He wants his paintings back. Hales voice was softer now.
The hard edge had left him, and something else had settled in
its place. If he doesnt have them in two weeks, then . . . Hale
obviously didnt want to say what came next, which was just as
well. Kat didnt want to hear it.
As she dropped back onto the sofa, Kat couldnt remember the last time shed been speechless. Then again, she also
couldnt remember the last time shed been framed for a crime
she didnt commit, kicked out of a boarding school that it had
taken her three whole months to con her way into, and then,
technically, kidnapped by a guy who could buy a Monet and
yet couldnt resist stealing a Vermeer. Speechless seemed okay
under the circumstances.
My dad used to be more careful than this, she said softly.
Your dad used to have you.
Kat ate her corned beef sandwich. She drank some lemonade.

She was aware, faintly, of Hale watching her, but that was only
because he was Hale, and the part of Kat that made her a girl
wouldnt let her forget that he was in the room. Otherwise,
she was as quiet as a church mouse. She would have made her
family proud.
An hour later Marcus was leading Kat up the sweeping
staircase, and Kat was staring, trying to guess whether the
silver-haired man was closer in age to fifty or eighty. She was
listening, trying to determine whether his accent was more
Scottish than Welsh. But most of all, Kat was wondering why
Marcus was the only servant she had ever seen orbiting around
Planet Hale.
Ive taken the liberty of putting you in Mrs. Hales room,
miss.
Marcus opened a wide set of double doors, and Kat started
to protestthe mansion had fourteen bedrooms, after all. But
then Marcus switched on the lights, and Kat breathed in the
stale air of a room that was clean but neglected. It had a kingsize bed, a chaise lounge, and at least twenty silk-covered pillows, all in varying shades of blue. It was beautiful but sad, Kat
thought. It needed to feel a beating heart.
If there is anything you need, miss, Marcus told her
from the door, Im number seven on the house phone.
No, Kat mumbled. I mean, yes. I mean . . . I dont need
anything. Thank you.
Very well, miss, he said, reaching for the doors.
Marcus? She stopped him. Have Hales parents . . . I
mean Mr. and Mrs. Hale . . . How long will they be away?
Kat asked, wondering which was sadder: having parents whove
died or ones whove simply floated away.
The lady of the house will not be needing the room, miss.

Are you ever going to call me Kat, Marcus?

Not today, miss. He repeated softly, Not today.
He closed the door, and Kat listened to his footsteps
receding down the long hallway. She lay down on Hales
mothers empty bed, the duvet cover cold against her skin. She
felt very much alone in that big room, thinking about her dad
and Uncle Eddie, about Porsche Speedsters and Monet.
Hours passed. Her thoughts blended together until they
were like an Impressionist painting, and Kat knew she was too
close to see anything plainly. She thought about crime, as she
so often had in her fifteen yearsever since the day her father
had told her hed buy her ice cream if she would scream, and
keep screaming until one of the guards outside the Tower of
London left his post to see what was wrong.
She heard Hales words: He used to have you.
Kat jumped from the bed and rifled through her bags
until she found her passport. She flipped it open and saw the
name Melanie OHara beside a picture of herself in a red wig.
She dug again, flipped open another cover: Erica Sampson, a
slender blonde. Three more tries yielded three more memories,
until Kat found . . . herself.
She tucked those other girls away. For now. Then she
picked up the phone and dialed. Marcus?
Yes, miss, he replied, seeming too alert for four a.m.
I think I may need to leave.
Of course, miss. If youll look by the phone, youll see
Ive already taken the liberty. . . .
Then Kat saw itan envelope. A plane ticket. Eight a.m.
first class to Paris.

Read on
for a peek at the book that started
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Chapter 1
Chapter

suppose a lot of teenage girls feel invisible sometimes, like

they just disappear. Well, thats meCammie the
Chameleon. But Im luckier than most because, at my
school, thats considered cool.
I go to a school for spies.
Of course, technically, the Gallagher Academy for
Exceptional Young Women is a school for geniusesnot
spiesand were free to pursue any career that befits our
exceptional educations. But when a school tells you that,
and then teaches you things like advanced encryption
and fourteen different languages, its kind of like big
tobacco telling kids not to smoke; so all of us Gallagher Girls
know lip service when we hear it. Even my mom rolls her
eyes but doesnt correct me when I call it spy school, and
shes the headmistress. Of course, shes also a retired CIA
operative, and it was her idea for me to write this, my first
Covert Operations Report, to summarize what happened last
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semester. Shes always telling us that the worst part of the spy
life isnt the dangerits the paperwork. After all, when
youre on a plane home from Istanbul with a nuclear warhead
in a hatbox, the last thing you want to do is write a report
about it. So thats why Im writing thisfor the practice.
If youve got a Level Four clearance or higher, you probably know all about us Gallagher Girls, since weve been
around for more than a hundred years (the school, not me
Ill turn sixteen next month!). But if you dont have that
kind of clearance, then you probably think were just an
urban spy mythlike jet packs and invisibility suitsand
you drive by our ivy-covered walls, look at our gorgeous mansion and manicured grounds, and assume, like everyone else,
that the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women
is just a snooty boarding school for bored heiresses with no
place else to go.
Well, to tell you the truth, were totally fine with that
its one of the reasons no one in the town of Roseville,
Virginia, thought twice about the long line of limousines
that brought my classmates back to campus last September. I
watched from a window seat on the third floor of the mansion as the cars materialized out of the blankets of green
foliage and turned through the towering wrought-iron gates.
The half-mile-long driveway curved through the hills, looking as harmless as Dorothys yellow brick road, not giving a
clue that its equipped with laser beams that read tire treads
and sensors that check for explosives, and one entire section
that can open up and swallow a truck whole. (If you think
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thats dangerous, dont even get me started about the

pond!)
I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through
the windows wavy glass. The red velvet curtains were drawn
around the tiny alcove, and I was enveloped by an odd sense
of peace, knowing that in twenty minutes, the halls were
going to be crowded; music was going to be blaring; and I was
going to go from being an only child to one of a hundred
sisters, so I knew to savor the silence while it lasted. Then,
as if to prove my point, a loud blast and the smell of burning
hair came floating up the main stairs from the second-floor
Hall of History, followed by Professor Buckinghams distinguished voice crying, Girls! I told you not to touch that!
The smell got worse, and one of the seventh graders was
probably still on fire, because Professor Buckingham yelled,
Stand still. Stand still, I say!
Then Professor Buckingham said some French swear
words that the seventh graders probably wouldnt understand
for three semesters, and I remembered how every year during
new student orientation one of the newbies will get cocky
and try to show off by grabbing the sword Gillian Gallagher
used to slay the guy who was going to kill Abraham
Lincolnthe first guy, that is. The one you never hear
about.
But what the newbies arent told on their campus tour is
that Gillys sword is charged with enough electricity to . . .
well . . . light your hair on fire.
I just love the start of school.
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* * *
I think our room used to be an attic, once upon a time. It has
these cool dormers and oddly shaped windows and lots of little nooks and crannies, where a girl can sit with her back
against the wall and listen to the thundering feet and squeals
of hello that are probably pretty standard at boarding schools
everywhere on the first day after summer break (but they
probably stop being standard when they take place in
Portuguese and Farsi). Out in the hall, Kim Lee was talking
about her summer in Singapore; and Tina Walters was
declaring that Cairo was super cool. Johannesburgnot so
much, which is exactly what my mom had said when Id
complained about how Tinas parents were taking her to
Africa over the summer whereas I was going to have to visit
my dads parents on their ranch in Nebraskaan experience
Im fairly sure will never help me break out of an enemy
interrogation facility or disarm a dirty bomb.
Hey, wheres Cammie? Tina asked, but I wasnt about
to leave my room until I could come up with a fish story to
match the international exploits of my classmates, seventy
percent of whom are the daughters of current or former
government operativesaka spies. Even Courtney Bauer
had spent a week in Paris, and her parents are both
optometrists, so you can see why I wasnt especially eager to
admit that Id spent three months plopped down right in the
middle of North America, cleaning fish.
Id finally decided to tell them about the time I was
experimenting with average household items that can be
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used as weapons and accidentally decapitated a scarecrow

(who knew knitting needles could do that kind of damage?),
when I heard the distinctive thud of luggage crashing into a
wall and a soft, Southern, Oh, Cammie . . . come out, come
out, wherever you are.
I peered around the corner and saw Liz posing in the
doorway, trying to look like Miss Alabama, but bearing a
greater resemblance to a toothpick in capri pants and flipflops. A very red toothpick.
She smiled and said, Did you miss me?
Well, I did miss her, but I was totally afraid to hug her.
What happened to you?
Liz rolled her eyes and just said, Dont fall asleep by a
pool in Alabama, as if she should have known better
which she totally should have. I mean, were all technically
geniuses and everything, but at age nine, Liz had the highest
score on the third-grade achievement tests ever. The government keeps track of that kind of thing, so the summer before
seventh grade, her parents got a visit from some big guys in
dark suits and three months later, Liz was a Gallagher Girl
just not the kill-a-man-with-her-bare-hands variety. If Im
ever on a mission, I want Bex beside me and Liz far, far away,
with about a dozen computers and a chessboarda fact
I couldnt help but remember when Liz tried to fling her
suitcase onto the bed, but missed and ended up knocking
over a bookcase, demolishing my stereo and flattening a
perfectly-scaled replica of DNA that Id made out of papiermch in eighth grade.
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Oopsy daisy, Liz said, throwing her hand to her mouth.

Sure, she knows cuss words in fourteen different languages, but when faced with a minor catastrophe, Liz says
oopsy daisy. At that point I didnt care how sunburned she
wasI had to hug my friend.
At six thirty exactly, we were in our uniforms, sliding our
hands over the smooth mahogany banisters, and descending
down the staircases that spiral gracefully to the foyer floor.
Everyone was laughing (turns out my knitting needle story
was a big hit), but Liz and I kept looking toward the door in
the center of the atrium below.
Maybe there was trouble with the plane? Liz whispered. Or customs? Or . . . Im sure shes just late.
I nodded and continued glancing down at the foyer as if,
on cue, Bex was going to burst through the doors. But they
stayed closed, and Lizs voice got squeakier as she asked, Did
you hear from her? I didnt hear from her. Why didnt we
hear from her?
Well, I would have been surprised if we had heard from
her, to tell you the truth. As soon as Bex had told us that
both her mom and her dad were taking a leave of absence to
spend the summer with her, I knew she wasnt going to be
much of a pen pal. Leave it to Liz to come to a completely
different conclusion.
Oh my gosh, what if she dropped out? Liz cranked up
the worry in her voice. Did she get kicked out?
Why would you think that?
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Well . . . she said, stumbling over the obvious, Bex

always has been kind of rules-optional. Liz shrugged, and,
sadly, I couldnt disagree. And why else would she be late?
Gallagher Girls are never late! Cammie, you know something, dont you? Youve got to know something!
Times like this are when its no fun being the headmistresss daughter, because A) its totally annoying when
people think Im in a loop Im not in, and B) people always
assume Im in partnership with the staff, which really Im
not. Sure, I have private dinners with my mom on Sunday
nights, and sometimes she leaves me alone in her office for
five seconds, but thats it. Whenever school is in session, Im
just another Gallagher Girl (except for being the girl to
whom the aforementioned A and B apply).
I looked back down at the front doors, then turned to
Liz. I bet shes just late, I said, praying that there would be
a pop quiz over supper (nothing distracts Liz faster than a pop
quiz).
As we approached the massive, open doors of the Grand
Hall, where Gilly Gallagher supposedly poisoned a man
at her own cotillion, I involuntarily glanced up at the electronic screen that read EnglishAmerican even though I
knew we always talk in our own language and accents for the
welcome-back dinner. Our mealtime conversations wouldnt
be taking place in ChineseMandarin for at least a week,
I hoped.
We settled at our usual table in the Grand Hall, and I
finally felt at home. Of course, Id actually been back for
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three weeks, but my only company had been the newbies and
the staff. The only thing worse than being the only upperclassman in a mansion full of seventh graders is hanging out
in the teachers lounge watching your Ancient Languages
professor put drops in the ears of the worlds foremost authority on data encryption while he swears hell never go scuba
diving again. (Ew, mental picture of Mr. Mosckowitz in a wet
suit! Gross!)
Since a girl can only read so many back issues of
Espionage Today, I usually spent those pre-semester days wandering around the mansion, discovering hidden compartments and secret passageways that are at least a hundred
years old and havent seen a good dusting in about that long.
Mostly, I tried to spend time with my mom, but shed been
super busy and totally distracted. Remembering this now, I
thought about Bexs mysterious absence and suddenly began
to worry that maybe Liz had been onto something. Then
Anna Fetterman squeezed onto the bench next to Liz and
asked, Have you seen it? Did you look?
Anna was holding a blue slip of paper that instantly dissolves when you put it in your mouth. (Even though it looks
like it will taste like cotton candy, it doesnttrust me!) I
dont know why they always put our class schedules on
Evapopaperprobably so we can use up our stash of the
bad-tasting kind and move on to the good stuff, like mint
chocolate chip.
But Anna wasnt thinking about the Evapopaper
flavor when she yelled, We have Covert Operations! She
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sounded absolutely terrified, and I remembered that she was

probably the only Gallagher Girl that Liz could take in a fistfight. I looked at Liz, and even she rolled her eyes at Annas
hysterics. After all, everyone knows sophomore year is the
first time we get to do anything that even approaches actual
fieldwork. Its our first exposure to real spy stuff, but Anna
seemed to be forgetting that the class itself was, sadly, kind of
a cakewalk.
Im pretty sure we can handle it, Liz soothed, prying
the paper from Annas frail hands. All Buckingham does is
tell horror stories about all the stuff she saw in World War
Two and show slides, remember? Ever since she broke her hip
shes
But Buckingham is out! Anna exclaimed, and this got
my attention.
Im sure I stared at her for a second or two before saying,
Professor Buckingham is still here, Anna, not adding that
Id spent half the morning coaxing Onyx, her cat, down from
the top shelf of the staff library. Thats got to be just a startof-school rumor. There were always plenty of thoselike
how some girl got kidnapped by terrorists, or one of the staff
members won a hundred grand on Wheel of Fortune.
(Though, now that I think of it, that one was actually true.)
No, Anna said. You dont understand. Buckinghams
doing some kind of semiretirement thing. Shes gonna do
orientation and acclimation for the newbiesbut thats it.
Shes not teaching anymore.
Wordlessly, our heads turned, and we counted seats
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at the staff table. Sure enough, there was an extra chair.

Then whos teaching CoveOps? I asked.
Just then a loud murmur rippled through the enormous
room as my mom strolled through the doors at the back of
the hall, followed by all the usual suspectsthe twenty
teachers Id been looking at and learning from for the past
three years. Twenty teachers. Twenty-one chairs. I know Im
the genius, but you do the math.
Liz, Anna, and I all looked at each other, then back at
the staff table as we ran through the faces, trying to comprehend that extra chair.
One face was new, but we were expecting that, because
Professor Smith always returns from summer vacation with a
whole new lookliterally. His nose was larger, his ears more
prominent, and a small mole had been added to his left temple, disguising what he claimed was the most wanted face on
three continents. Rumor has it hes wanted by gun smugglers
in the Middle East, ex-KGB hit men in Eastern Europe, and
a very upset ex-wife somewhere in Brazil. Sure, all this experience makes him a great Countries of the World (COW)
professor, but the best thing Professor Smith brings to the
Gallagher Academy is the annual anticipation of guessing
what face he will assume in order to enjoy his summer break.
He hasnt come back as a woman yet, but its probably just a
matter of time.
The teachers took their seats, but the chair stayed empty
as my mother took her place at the podium in the
center of the long head table.
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Women of the Gallagher Academy, who comes here?

she asked.
Just then, every girl at every table (even the newbies)
stood and said in unison, We are the sisters of Gillian.
Why do you come? my mother asked.
To learn her skills. Honor her sword. And keep her
secrets.
To what end do you work?
To the cause of justice and light.
How long will you strive?
For all the days of our lives. We finished, and I felt a
little like a character on one of my grandmas soap operas.
We sat down, but Mom remained standing. Welcome
back, students, she said, beaming. This is going to be a
wonderful year here at the Gallagher Academy. For our
newest membersshe turned to the table of seventh
graders, who seemed to shiver under her intense gaze
welcome. You are about to begin the most challenging year
of your young lives. Rest assured that you would not have
been given this challenge were you not up to it. To our
returning students, this year will mark many changes. She
glanced at her colleagues and seemed to ponder something
before turning back to face us. We have come to a time
when But before she could finish, the doors flew open,
and not even three years of training at spy school prepared
me for what I saw.
Before I say any more, I should probably remind you that
I GO TO A GIRLS SCHOOLthats all girls, all the time,
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with a few ear-drop-needing, plastic-surgery-getting male

faculty members thrown in for good measure. But when we
turned around, we saw a man walking in our midst who
would have made James Bond feel insecure. Indiana Jones
would have looked like a mommas boy compared to the man
in the leather jacket with two days growth of beard who
walked to where my mother stood and thenhorror of horrorswinked at her.
Sorry Im late, he said as he slid into the empty chair.
His presence was so unprecedented, so surreal, that I
didnt even realize Bex had squeezed onto the bench
between Liz and Anna, and I had to do a double take when
I saw her, and remembered that five seconds before shed
been MIA.
Trouble, ladies? she asked.
Where have you been? Liz demanded.
Forget that, Anna cut in. Who is he?
But Bex was a natural-born spy. She just raised her eyebrows and said, Youll see.

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Chapter

Chapter 2

ex had spent six hours on a private jet, but her

cappuccino-colored skin was glowing, and she looked as if
shed just walked out of a Noxzema commercial, so I really
wanted to be petty and point out that the sign in the foyer
said we were supposed to be speaking English with American
accents during the Welcome Back Dinner. But as the only
nonU.S. citizen Gallagher Girl in history, Bex was used to
being an exception. My mom had bent some serious rules
when her old friends from Englands MI6 called and asked if
their daughter could be a Gallagher Girl. Admitting Bex had
been Moms first controversial act as headmistress (but not
her last).
You have a good holiday, then? Throughout the hall,
girls were beginning to eat, but Bex just blew a bubble with
her gum and grinned, daring us to ask her for the story.
Bex, if you know something, youve got to tell us, Liz
demanded, even though it was totally pointless. No one can
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make Bex do anything she doesnt want to do. I may be a

chameleon, and Liz may be the next Einstein, but when it
comes to general stubbornness, Bex is the best spy ever!
She smirked, and I knew shed probably been planning
this scene since she was halfway over the Atlantic Ocean (in
addition to being stubborn, Bex is also quite theatrical). She
waited until all eyes were on herholding the silence until
Liz was about to explode, then she took a warm roll from the
basket on the table and nonchalantly said, New teacher.
She tore the bread in half and slowly buttered it. We gave
him a ride from London this morning. Hes an old pal of my
fathers.
Name? Liz asked, probably already planning how she
was going to hack into the CIA headquarters at Langley for
details as soon as we were free to go back to our rooms.
Solomon, Bex said, eyeing us. Joe Solomon. She
sounded eerily like the black, teenage, female James Bond.
We all turned to look at Joe Solomon. He had the
scruffy beard and restless hands of an agent fresh off a mission. Around me, the hall filled with whispers and giggles
fuel that would have the rumor mill running on high by midnightand I remembered that, even though the Gallagher
Academy is a school for girl geniuses, sometimes the emphasis should be kept on the girl.
The next morning was torture. Absolute torture! And thats
not a word I use lightly, considering the family business. So
maybe I should rephrase: the first day of classes was challenging.
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We didnt exactly go to bed early . . . or even a little late

. . . or even at all, unless you count lying on the faux-fur rug
in the common room with the entire sophomore class
sprawled around me as the basis for a good nights sleep.
When Liz woke us up at seven, we decided we could either
primp for an hour and skip breakfast, or throw on our uniforms and eat like queens, before Professor Smiths 8:05
COW lecture.
B.S. (Before Solomon), waffles and bagels would have
won out for sure. But today, Professor Smith had a lot of eyelined and lip-glossed girls with growling stomachs listening to
him talk about civil unrest in the Baltic States when 8:30
rolled around. I looked at my watch, the ultimate pointless gesture at the Gallagher Academy, because classes run precisely
on time, but I had to see how many seconds were standing
between me and lunch. (11,705, just in case youre curious.)
When COW was over, we ran up two flights of stairs to
the fourth floor for Madame Dabneys Culture and
Assimilation lessons which, sadly, that day did not include
tea. Then it was time for third period.
I had a pain in my neck from sleeping funny, at least five
hours worth of homework, and a newfound realization that
woman cannot live on cherry-flavored lip gloss alone. I dug
in the bottom of my bag and found a very questionable breath mint, and figured that if I was going to die of
starvation, I should at least have minty-fresh breath for the
benefit of whatever classmate or faculty member would
be forced to give me CPR.
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Liz had to go by Mr. Mosckowitzs office to drop off an

extra-credit essay shed written over the summer (yeah, shes
that girl), so I was alone with Bex when we reached the base
of the grand staircase and turned into the small corridor that
was one of three ways to the Subs, or subfloors, where wed
never been allowed before.
Standing in front of the full-length mirror, we tried hard
not to blink or do anything that might confuse the optical
scanner that was going to verify that we were, in fact, sophomores and not freshmen trying to sneak down to the Subs
on a dare. I studied our reflections and realized that I,
Cameron Morgan, the headmistresss daughter, who knew
more about the school than any Gallagher Girl since Gilly
herself, was getting ready to go deeper into the vault of
Gallagher secrets. Judging from the goose bumps on Bexs
arm, I wasnt the only one who got chills at the thought of it.
A green light flashed in the eyes of a painting behind us.
The mirror slid aside, revealing a small elevator that would
take us one floor beneath the basement to the Covert
Operations classroom andif you want to be dramatic about
itour destinies.
Cammie, Bex said slowly, were in.
We were sitting calmly, checking our (synchronized)
watches, and all thinking the exact same thing: something is
definitely different.
The Gallagher mansion is made of stone and wood. It
has carved banisters and towering fireplaces a girl can curl up
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in front of on snowy days and read all about who killed JFK
(the real story), but somehow that elevator had brought us
into a space that didnt belong in the same century, much
less the same building, as the rest of the mansion. The walls
were frosted glass. The tables were stainless steel. But the
absolute weirdest thing about the Covert Operations classroom was that our teacher wasnt in it.
Joe Solomon was lateso late, I was beginning to get a
little resentful that I hadnt taken the time to go steal some
M&Ms from my moms desk, because, frankly, a two-year-old
Tic Tac simply doesnt satisfy the hunger of a growing girl.
We sat quietly as the seconds ticked away, but I guess the
silence became too much for Tina Walters, because she
leaned across the aisle and said, Cammie, what do you know
about him?
Well, I only knew what Bex had told me, but Tinas
mom writes a gossip column in a major metropolitan newspaper that shall remain nameless (since thats her cover and
all), so there was no way Tina wasnt going to try to get to
the bottom of this story. Soon I was trapped under an avalanche of questions like, Wheres he from? and Does he
have a girlfriend? and Is it true he killed a Turkish ambassador with a thong? I wasnt sure if she was talking about the
sandals or the panties, but in any case, I didnt have the
answer.
Come on, Tina said, I heard Madame Dabney telling
Chef Louis that your mom was working on him all summer
to get him to take the job. You had to hear something!
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So Tinas interrogation did have one benefit: I finally

understood the hushed phone calls and locked doors that
had kept my mother distracted for weeks. I was just starting
to process what it meant, when Joe Solomon strolled into
classfive minutes late.
His hair was slightly damp, his white shirt neatly
pressedand its either a tribute to his dreaminess or our
education that it took me two full minutes to realize he was
speaking in Japanese.
What is the capital of Brunei?
Bandar Seri Begawan, we replied.
The square root of 97,969 is . . . he asked in Swahili.
Three hundred and thirteen, Liz answered in math,
because, as she likes to remind us, math is the universal
language.
A Dominican dictator was assassinated in 1961, he
said in Portuguese. What was his name?
In unison, we all said Rafael Trujillo.
(An act, I would like to point out, that was not committed by a Gallagher Girl, despite rumors to the contrary.)
I was just starting to get into the rhythm of our little
game, when Mr. Solomon said, Close your eyes, in Arabic.
We did as we were told.
What color are my shoes? This time he spoke in
English and, amazingly, thirteen Gallagher Girls sat there
quietly without an answer.
Am I right-handed or left-handed? he asked, but
didnt pause for a response. Since I walked into this room I
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have left fingerprints in five different places. Name them!

he demanded, but was met with empty silence.
Open your eyes, he said, and when I did, I saw him sitting on the corner of his desk, one foot on the floor and the
other hanging loosely off the side. Yep, he said. You girls
are pretty smart. But youre also kind of stupid.
If we hadnt known for a scientific fact that the earth
simply cant stop moving, we all would have sworn it had just
happened.
Welcome to Covert Operations. Im Joe Solomon.
Ive never taught before, but Ive been doing this stuff for
eighteen years, and Im still breathing, so that means I know
what Im talking about. This is not going to be like your other
classes.
My stomach growled, and Liz, who had opted for a full
breakfast and a ponytail, said, Shhh, as if I could make it
stop.
Ladies, Im going to get you ready for what goes on. He
paused and pointed upward. Out there. Its not for everyone,
and thats why Im going to make this hard on you. Damn
hard. Impress me, and next year those elevators might take
you one floor lower. But if I have even the slightest suspicion
that you are not supremely gifted in the area of fieldwork,
then Im going to save your life right now and put you on the
Operations and Research track.
He stood and placed his hands in his pockets. Everyone
starts in this business looking for adventure, but I dont care
what your fantasies look like, ladies. If you cant get out from
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behind those desks and show me something other than book

smarts, then none of you will ever see Sublevel Two.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Mick Morrison following his every word, almost salivating at the sound of it,
because Mick had been wanting to hurt someone for years.
Unsurprisingly, her beefy hand flew into the air. Does that
mean youll be teaching us firearms, sir? she shouted as if a
drill sergeant might make her drop and do push-ups.
But Mr. Solomon only walked around the desk and said,
In this business, if you need a gun, then its probably too late
for one to do any good. Some of the air seemed to go out of
Micks well-toned body. But on the bright side, he told her,
maybe theyll bury you with itthats assuming you get to
be buried.
My skin burned red. Tears filled my eyes. Before I even
knew what was happening, my throat was so tight I could
barely breathe as Joe Solomon stared at me. Then, as soon as
my eyes locked with his, he glanced away.
The lucky ones come home, even if it is in a box.
Although he hadnt mentioned me by name, I felt my
classmates watching me. They all know what happened to
my dadthat he went on a mission, that he didnt come
home. Ill probably never know any more than those two
simple facts, but that those two facts were all that mattered.
People call me The Chameleon hereif you go to spy
school, I guess thats a pretty good nickname. I wonder sometimes what made me that way, what keeps me still and quiet
when Liz is jabbering and Bex is, well, Bexing. Am I good at
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going unnoticed because of my spy genetics or because Ive

always been shy? Or am I just the girl people would rather
not seelest they realize how easily it could happen to them.
Mr. Solomon took another step, and my classmates
pulled their gazes away just that quicklyeveryone but Bex,
that is. She was inching toward the edge of her chair, ready
to keep me from tearing out the gorgeous green eyes of our
new hot teacher as he said, Get good, ladies. Or get dead.
A part of me wanted to run straight to my mothers
office and tell her what hed said, that he was talking about
Dad, implying that it had been his faultthat he wasnt good
enough. But I stayed seated, possibly out of paralyzing anger
but more probably because I feared, somewhere inside me,
that Mr. Solomon was right and I didnt want my mother to
say so.
Just then, Anna Fetterman pushed through the frostedglass doors and stood panting in front of the class. Im sorry,
she said to Mr. Solomon, still gasping for breath. The stupid
scanners didnt recognize me, so the elevator locked me in,
and I had to listen to a five-minute prerecorded lecture about
trying to sneak out of bounds, and . . . Her voice trailed off
as she studied the teacher and his very unimpressed expression, which I thought was a little hypocritical coming from a
man who had been five minutes late himself.
Dont bother taking a seat, Mr. Solomon said as Anna
started toward a desk in the back of the room. Your classmates were just leaving.
We all looked at our recently synchronized watches, which
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showed the exact same thingwe had forty-five minutes of

class time left. Forty-five valuable and never-wasted minutes.
After what seemed like forever, Lizs hand shot into the air.
Yes? Joe Solomon sounded like someone with far
better things to do.
Is there any homework? she asked, and the class
turned instantly from shocked to irritated. (Never ask that
question in a room full of girls who are all black belts in
karate.)
Yes, Solomon said, holding the door in the universal
signal for get out. Notice things.
As I headed down the slick white hallway to the elevator
that had brought me there, I heard my classmates walking in
the opposite direction, toward the elevator closest to our
rooms. After what had just happened, I was glad to hear their
footsteps going the other way. I wasnt surprised when Bex
came to stand beside me.
You okay? she asked, because thats a best friends job.
Yes, I lied, because thats what spies do.
We rode the elevator to the narrow first-floor hallway,
and as the doors slid open, I was seriously considering going
to see my mother (and not just for the M&Ms), when I
stepped into the dim corridor and heard a voice cry,
Cameron Morgan!
Professor Buckingham was rushing down the hall, and I
couldnt imagine what would make the genteel British lady
speak in such a way, when, above us, a red light began to
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whirl, and a screaming buzzer pierced our ears so that we

could barely hear the cries of the electronic voice that pulsed
with the light, CODE RED. CODE RED. CODE RED.
Cameron Morgan! Buckingham bellowed again, grabbing Bex and me by our arms. Your mother needs you.
NOW!

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