When Lucas Knox spotted Moriarty at the gala in Medway Castle, he nearly hadn’t recognised him.
Lucas had only gone in the first place as part of a deal he’d arranged online: a few thousand in crypto, in exchange for a drive supposedly filled with classified government data. The whole thing had gone down in literal flames, and it was as he fled the scene with all the other guests that Lucas saw Moriarty—older, and looking like a man, but definitely Moriarty.
It was impossible to keep track of him in the chaos, but even that brief glimpse stoked a tangle of hate and bitterness that had been smouldering for years.
Lucas looked up every photo he could find from the event and spotted Moriarty in the background of a few shots, in the company of a man Lucas didn’t know. A few of his contacts in the city confirmed Moriarty had been living and operating in London for a few years now.
Years. And Lucas never knew.
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