Chapter 25 On The Edge Of Ruin

Mariana sat at the sleek glass desk in her dimly lit apartment, her fingers flying over the keyboard. The glow from her monitor illuminated the tension in her face, the tightness in her jaw. Every keystroke felt like peeling away another layer of deception. Project Viper. The name pulsed on the screen like a heartbeat. Her stomach twisted as she dug deeper, maneuvering through encrypted firewalls with an expertise that had made her invaluable to Montero Global. She shouldn’t be doing this, shouldn’t be betraying Diego like this, but she had to know the truth.