Diego stared at the report for several seconds. Then he laughed. It was not a nervous laugh. It was the slow, contemptuous laugh of a man who…

When I landed in Helsinki, Julian had called me thirty-one times. I didn’t answer any of them. There were also messages from Marcus. “Claire, Vanessa is finally…

At 2:13 in the morning, Adrian called me from Claire’s apartment. I watched the phone vibrate across the bedside table. Once. Twice. Seven times. Then a message…

Adrian arrived twenty-three minutes later. I knew because I watched the headlights sweep across the dark living-room windows. The front door flew open. “ELENA!” I remained seated…

I stared at the authorization form. For the first time in my life, I was being asked for something my money could not buy me enough time…

For three seconds, I simply stared at Sebastian. Then I looked at Luna. Then back at him. Of all the things I had imagined saying if we…

I did not drive far. I stopped two streets away, parked beneath a jacaranda tree, and sent a single message. “They changed the lock. Proceed.” The reply…

When I woke again, pale morning light was slipping through the narrow window of the sleeping compartment. For several seconds, I didn’t know where I was. Then…

I looked at the ring on Nhuoc Ninh’s finger for only a second before turning away. Giang Tram Uyen watched me carefully. Perhaps he was waiting for…