The olive branch and the bullet
WordWeaverHCarey
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  • Reads 404
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  • Parts 13
  • Time 5h 3m
WordWeaverHCarey
Complete, First published Jun 08
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The Olive Branch and the Bullet
A Criminal Minds Fanfiction Novel

When Major Esperanza De Santis trades her Marine uniform for a badge, she brings with her a steel will, a sharp mind, and a two-year-old son she's raising on her own. The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit is unlike any battlefield she's known-riddled with psychological warfare, emotional fallout, and the burden of always arriving too late.

Her mission is simple: build a better life for her son, earn her place on the elite team, and keep her past at bay. But nothing about this job-or the people in it-stays simple for long.

Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner is as precise and unreadable as a locked case file, but Esperanza sees through the cracks in his armor. What begins as mutual respect quickly coils into tension, and beneath that, something far more dangerous: possibility.

Between solving brutal cases and surviving bureaucratic politics, Esperanza must navigate deployment orders that threaten to tear her away, and family expectations that threaten to unravel the quiet life she's trying to build. As the lines between duty and desire blur, she faces a choice no soldier is trained for-fight for the life she's made... or protect the one she left behind.

In a world of darkness, The Olive Branch and the Bullet is a story of resilience, belonging, and the unexpected places we find home.

#124 Military -10th June 25
#2 Spencerreid - 11th June 25
#70 American- 12th June 25
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