Chapter 21 Fractures In The Ice

• The city skyline stretched beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, its lights shimmering like stars against the darkness. Mariana slipped into Montero Global’s dimly lit corridors, her pulse steady but her mind a battlefield. She shouldn’t be here. She knew that.
• She crept toward Diego’s office, intent on searching for more information. But as she pushed open the heavy wooden door, she froze.
• Diego sat at his desk, a crystal tumbler of amber liquid in his hand. A single lamp illuminated the room, casting deep shadows across his chiseled face. He wasn’t the man she was used to seeing, ruthless, controlled, untouchable. He looked… haunted.