Sera's Pov
Everyone looked at me.
I understood why. Ironmoor's border sat between us and everything we needed, and the only person who could open that door was the last person any of us expected me to voluntarily walk toward.
"I'll ask Caden," I said.
Nobody argued. That itself said something about how far we had all come in a short space of time.
Riven said, "I'll come with you."
I almost told him I could handle it alone. The words were right there, the reflex of three years spent learning to be useful without needing anyone to stand beside me. I felt it rise and then I let it go, the same way I had been learning to let small fights go when they were not worth the energy. Riven coming was not an insult to my ability. It was just practical.
"Fine," I said. "We go tonight."
We drove
