Novel & Cerita Lila Archer Criminal Minds

“But I’ve seen the way some of those men looked at you. At the hospital. In the background. Like you were the missing piece of some puzzle they couldn’t quite reach.” Goosebumps crawl over my skin. “Have you told Luca this?” “I tried. But he’s so focused on the drug lords and the money laundering, he won’t listen to other theories. He’s spiraling, Lila. He’s trying to protect you, but he’s drowning in secrets.” A lump forms in my throat. “He doesn’t talk to me anymore. Not really.” “He’s scared,” Lena says. “And guilt ridden. Our mother… she left behind a mess none of us were prepared for. He’s trying to clean it up and protect you, but he’s just a man.”

Then: “You are not safe inside the hospital.” Click. The line went dead. Silence filled the room again. She stood there, holding the photograph. Her father’s face looked time, a message from Daniel. “Did you find the archive file?” Her hands trembled. She didn’t answer. Because behind her, the archive room door clicked softly. Not locked. Just closed. Slow, deliberate. Like someone was on the other side. Watching. Waiting. And in that moment, Lila understood with a cold certainty: someone wanted her trapped inside this room.

then it all went black. **** DAHLIA It's been a week since Arch was detained. I'd returned home to my parents. My father was mad at me. My mother listened to what I had to say and she welcomed me with open arms. I still felt torn. I couldn't help but have doubts. What if he was sentenced to life imprisonment? What if he was given a death sentence. The past days has been hell. I've been crying myself to sleep and I keep having nightmares of him being snatched from me.

Also, the way he spoke was as though he knew something that I don't know about her and I was determined to find out what that was. "That's because the first time she showed up in your life, she murdered someone, and then she killed Ross. Who wouldn't consider her as a murderer?" Realizing that this conversation would advance if I kept pushing the same questions, I frowned and boldly said, "Let's cut to the chase. Lilith, Aria's real name, confessed to being an assassin, murdering Uncle Kerri, Miles, and Lex. And she also said that…" "Your parents were the ones that hired her to do so!" Victor blurted out.

I stabbed him in the leg, making him stumble and giving me the golden opening to tackle him, throw his blade far enough for him not to reach it, and choke him. "Well played, Jakey, well played," he said, choking on his words, so I stood up and helped him up, this was something we would do every once in a while, but I always took pride when I beat him. We walked back inside to see everyone either working, napping, or shooting, and I didn't know what I wanted to do, so I went with the second option and lied down on the couch closest to me. Using my hoodie as a blanket, of sorts, and the pillow next to my head to relax. Jack was at the kitchen making food, and bandaging his leg, while Jade and

I nagged, tapping through my phone screen with force. “We have caught the criminal!” My mind shattered into a million unpickable pieces. I was doomed!

"Lila, shut up! This is serious. Something isn't right about the camping trip, and normally, you wouldn't have your first shift until your eighteenth birthday, but it needs to happen today." I can feel her pushing on my mind, and something isn't right. It's as though I'm losing control of my body, and she's taking over. My feet move without my permission in the direction of the cave. I don't know what's happening, but something isn't right. I think I might be losing my mind. I don't know anything about my mom's side of the family. I wonder if this is genetic. Maybe I need serious help from a professional. I hear Nova laugh. "Lila, you're not crazy. Everything is going to make sense here very

Sike and Nessa were closer to the entrance, like they always were, ready to run if something came. Just a dream. The same dream. The one I had been having for as long as I could remember. I wiped the sweat off my face and tried to slow my breathing. It never got easier. Every time I saw that woman fall, every time I heard that little girl scream, I woke up feeling like I had been the one hit by that arrow. . . . My name is Lila. I am twenty years old, and I have been a rogue my whole life.

“You better not be lying. Not only were you unconscious in that prison but your skin has gone pale.” “It’s probably because of these.” Lila opened her palm and showed her some small black pills. “I was worried that they would interrogate me if I stayed awake so I took some sleeping pills.” Emery breathed in relief and let out a small chuckle. Now that she was assured they did nothing serious to her, she asked for the maidservants to bring another dinner into the room. But since Lila did not belong to the first-lined assassins like her, Emery could only tell her that their mission was a success and not speak of the other details. That was one of the rules in Arcana that they needed to abide b

The guilt of suspecting her gnawed at me, but I needed to confirm my suspicions about her true nature. Despite my reluctance to maintain a friendly relationship, Lila had an uncanny ability to bring out a gentleness in me that I thought had died with Aurora. She prompted actions that left me questioning myself later. Like the time I caught her stealthily exploring my arsenal; I should have been convinced of her knowledge of certain matters. But I found myself teaching this woman how to disarm a gunman. The absurdity of the situation weighed on me, driving me to question my sanity. What if she disarmed me one day and pulled the trigger? It was ridiculous and I was going a different kind of cr