ng windows of Tenaya's penthouse, but the light felt

burying pain beneath meetings and strategy sessions. But the cracks in her lif

building. The driver stepped out, holding an enve

hot of Rael and Selena laughing in the garden of

the half of it.

blood r

immediately-an

steady despite the

is

st the beginning. If you want to protect wha

ld reply, the

ugh Tenaya's coat. At the deserted pier, shadow

n a tailored suit, but w

ou?" Tenay

've been watching. I know wha

e quickened.

rossed me once. And because sometimes,

ial records, intercepted messages, proof of the fa

n warned. "They're more

per than she imagined. Rael's family had ties to corrupt politicians, money

ith this knowledge, she could fight back-not just to

counsels, and late-night calls. Tenaya became a shadow st

s went unanswered, Sel

ked down on her began to fee

the mask slipped and silence fi

f would she lose i

the city, but inside Tenaya's penthouse

proof not only of Rael's family's financial treach

fingers deep in a network of political favors, illegal dealings, and ru

s would shake the very f

ed allies-Darian, her business partner, and Liora, a tenacious inve

Tenaya said, handing over the documents. "Dig up

es steely. "We'll

whispers. "This is bigger than just your marriage

ael's world

iron will and his sister Elaine's cunning ambiti

s study one evening, h

naya is not the woman you think she is

d, defeated. "But she has p

d with cold fury. "The

he crossfire, felt

fear. At a lavish party thrown by Margot to showcase the family's "str

versation caugh

p," Elaine said to Margot

calculating. "We will. But

ne late into the night, the weight of

new message-this time

meone who wants to talk. Some

lse qu

about revenge or justice. I