Chapter 28 Secrets Beneath The Surface

The city pulsed below, a shimmering canvas of lights stretching far into the horizon. Mariana stood at Diego’s office window, her arms crossed tightly against her chest, her reflection a fragmented ghost against the glass. The night was quiet, yet inside her, a storm raged. She hadn’t heard him enter, but she felt his presence before he spoke. Diego whispered, his voice low and tinged with something unintelligible, "I don't know what's more dangerous." "The adversaries that I can see or those that I cannot."