Prologue

It was meant to be an ordinary assassination.
The plan was simple; the outcome left three dead and two, fueled by their
trauma, set on very different paths.
In a cruel twist of fate, James Locke is left alone, his brother and sister ripped
away from him, leaving only unanswered questions in their wake. Five years
later Elizabeth Penhallow comes charging into his life, bringing a dark and
dangerous truth with her and dragging him into a world of murder and
betrayal.
Thrown headfirst into a new life, he learns some secrets are better left unsaid.