With that notion in mind, Ariana’s image suddenly flashed in his thoughts.

Whether it was a product of his own mind or not, Holden couldn’t shake the notion that the person in the photo seemed to bear an uncanny resemblance to Ariana the longer he gazed upon it.

Yet, it raised a perplexing question-five years ago, Ariana had been married, deeply in love with her husband. How could this person possibly be her?

At this moment, Holden’s mind brimmed with an ever-deepening well of questions.

One truth was incontrovertible: Sadie had indeed deceived him.

with was not Sadie but an enigma yet to

had Aldus never broached this subject? Did anyone else know about it? What role had Sadie played in the events five years ago?

queries swirled through Holden’s thoughts, forming an intricate puzzle he was resolute in

life had been ensconced in an impenetrable

whimsy; he couldn’t comprehend why she held such sway over him or why she elicited

memory of the blank information of Ariana’s husband, Theodore,

that be blank? Had someone purposefully

Holden contacted his men, issuing a command, “Look into the dark web. I require

was in full swing by the swimming pool, the echoes of music and

revelry, a resonant voice emanating from

decisive action, utilizing the dark web

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