Alejandro’s Pov

I’ve always known Mariana to be a dangerous woman, have always been familiar with her darkness even when she played her role of a naive wife a little too well.

She’s always struggled so well to keep her darkness hidden, to become more human, but now, in the cold night air, there’s no pretending. No veil to hide the fury she carries.  

We’re out in the open fields, under the blinding white lights illuminating from the security poles. Soldiers and ...