The Shadow CEO

her, but her heart was storming with it. Five years had gone wasted since her life came apart since every good thing that happened ha

definition attached to her by headlines or whispers. Standing there, on the outskirts of the world, she had worked her fin

the shadows. She was tall and composed, her gaze so sharp she almost hesita

Moreno." "You've

name gave it something almost tethered like... She didn'

r clipped voice,

a chance to change your life," he said. "To s

come dancing into her strength and the promise of

she snapped. "Least of all fro

fiance amused him. "I was hoping

You never answered my que

t its teasing edge. Quietly, he said, "I want to

in her lungs. Always, folks, the deals came with strings

as stronger than she t

closer. And then he said: 'You'll find out soon enough

unspoken promise in his eyes kept her paused

," sh

, this time with triumph

as thinking about, it was keeping her thoughts spinning faster with every ste

ad could be anything, it would tell her much she couldn't yet imagine. Av