Thor slammed his whiskey glass down on the living room table, the sharp sound echoing in the quiet penthouse. Then he abruptly closed the bottle, but his restlessness did not cease. He picked up the glass again, now half empty, and walked over to the huge glass window that took up the entire wall. On the other side, the Gulf Sea stretched out calmly under the afternoon sky, contrasting sharply with the chaos that was taking hold inside him.

He brought the glass to his lips and took another si