London · Clerkenwell
20:15
Eva stood beneath the building of Frost Architects.
The lights were already out. Liam was not there.
She took out her phone and opened Claire Mitchell’s file—the woman who had vanished three years ago, Liam’s fiancée.
In the photograph, Claire stood on a seaside cliff, her smile bright and open, her short golden hair tousled by the wind. She had Liam’s arm looped through hers, her eyes luminous with light.
That had been three years ago.
Three years earlier, a woman had accepted a commission. The target was Liam. The client was Claire herself—she had hired someone to test her own fiancé, so that she would have a reason to leave him.
The woman had succeeded.
Five days were all it took to convince Claire that Liam did not love her.
Six days later, Claire d
