Behind the Facade

CALLA'S POV

Ivana came to the penthouse the morning after the ratification.

Not a formal meeting — she texted my number: Can we speak. Not formally. I think there's something you need to know about how I was brought into this. The message had a quality that was different from the calibrated register she'd used in Diana's conference room. Stripped down. The composure absent.

I texted back: Penthous