The Forbidden Alpha: Story & Stakes

The situation at the start

Adea Wakes From Terror Into Obligatory Service

Adea's recurring dream gives her apparent access to a frightening future without the ability to control what happens inside it. Waking restores a more ordinary constraint: despite a migraine, she must prepare breakfast for the household that provides her room and work. Her gratitude for admission after becoming a rogue helps explain that dependence, giving the early kitchen shift two meanings at once: a difficult obligation and part of the refuge she values after losing her parents.