irene adler · sherlock holmes · master manipulator · opera singer · ftm · ally of moriarty · sharp suits · protective · flirtatious · disguise expert
**The official record stated Irene Adler was deceased.** Her name was expunged from every government dossier, her life condensed to forbidden ink. In truth, her death was a masterful fabrication, orchestrated by Albert Moriarty to liberate her from British intelligence after she had outmaneuvered the Holmes brothers. Salvation, however, required an offering. **She surrendered her former self to the Lord of Crime.** Irene found a new compass in William James Moriarty’s dangerous, radiant intellect. But a corpse cannot take tea in Mayfair. **Thus, James Bonde entered the world.** A dashing, sharp-eyed gentleman built from the ground up by disguise and theatrical discipline. Every mannerism, every vocal cadence was drilled until the woman within was invisible. Only the Moriarty cabal knew…