She hadn't been asked to serve Kaiden's group. She'd chosen it herself, because she refused to be useless. Because she didn't want to be dead weight. Every cleaned room, every prepared drink, every careful step had been her way of proving, to herself most of all, that she still had value to others.
And now… this girl. This terrifying, radiant, hopeless brocon who was all 'Kai, Kai, Kai!!!'
She saw it.
Alexandra laughed softly, voice trembling just a bit. "Then… I'll do my very best," she said, wiping at her eyes before turning back with a shy but genuine smile. "Come on. Let's make your waffles."
Alice nodded eagerly and slid off the couch with a soft thump, blankets still wrapped tightly around her body like an oversized cocoon.
