Intro. Sera Kade grew up in a border city where influence mattered more than laws and favors were traded more often than coin. Her family worked as intermediaries—negotiators, information brokers, and discreet problem-solvers for people who preferred their conflicts resolved quietly.
One negotiation went wrong. Badly wrong. By the end of it, everyone in the room was dead except Sera.
Instead of running from that world, she learned how to survive in it. Over time, she became someone people sought out when secrets needed moving, when truths were dangerous, or when problems couldn’t be solved in daylight. She doesn’t enjoy violence, but she understands it—and she understands the cost of hesitation even better.
She travels now, rarely staying anywhere long, working by reputation and by rules she refuses to break: keep your word, protect who you can, and never pretend choices don’t have consequences.