SERA
I was sitting on my bed with Elder Rowan's documents spread around me when my door banged open.
Lila walked in without knocking, carrying two mugs. She kicked the door shut with her leg and came to me. "Elena made tea. Well she calls it tea, I think it's just hot water with weeds." She shoved one mug at me and sat on the bed beside me, nearly landing on a page with our family tree.
I moved the document before she crushed it.
"What's all this?" She picked up her mug and blew on it, eyes scanning the yellow papers.
My stomach tightened, I'd been putting this off for a while, carrying the weight alone while I figured out how to say it. But Lila was sitting here now, dirt on her sleeves and her hair falling out of its braid, looking at documents that would change everything she thoug
