SERA
I paced Kade's sitting room like a caged animal, my footsteps taking a path in the wooden floor. Through the window, I watched rogues move in formation across the compound, weapons ready, faces hard.
They were preparing for war and I was stuck inside like a child sent to her room.
"You'll create a hole in the floor," Elena said from her chair, not looking up from the herbs she was grinding.
"I should be out there." I turned from the window, frustration burning in my chest. "I'm the one Aldric wants, i should be helping."
"You are helping by staying alive." Elena finally looked at me, her expression gentle but firm. "Kade needs to know you're safe so he can focus on defending this compound. You running around out there would only distract him."
"I'm not some helpless Omega anymor
