

But it’s not all doom and gloom for fans of Eve and Oxana as the two go on to live a happy life together in the suburbs of St Petersburg. Ultimately, the leaders of Europe have all been marked by The Twelve. Whilst Oxana was left alive to keep Eve silent and to ensure she kept up his version of events rather than speaking out about Tikhomirov's acquiescence in the plan. He included Eve in the operation to make it appear that he was genuinely working on little information and needed an undercover agent to help him. They got their killings and he became the next Russian President after looking like he did all he could to save his predecessor. In the final chapter which takes place an entire year later, the highly experienced agent deduces that he uncovered the plot to kill Loy and Stechkin and approached The Twelve to do a sinister deal.

Though as Eve works out, Tikhomirov was every bit as involved, both in faking Oxana’s death and allowing the assassination to go ahead.
