Elena Cruz knew something was wrong even before she entered the office.

It wasn't a feeling.

It was something stronger.

Something she could feel in the air.

When the elevator doors opened on the executive floor of Valverde Enterprises, the murmur of conversations reached her like a silent wave.

The words stopped the moment she appeared.

Too fast.

Too obvious.

Elena walked to her desk with calm steps, but her senses were on high alert.

She had worked at that company long enough to recog