A Bed Of Roses
I leaned both hands on the edge of the mahogany desk, my weight forward, my eyes scanning every square inch of the high-resolution feeds.
Beside me, Rodah sat perfectly still. Her coffee mug sat untouched on the tray, the steam no longer rising from the dark liquid. She didn't move, her gaze glued to the screen showing the front doors of the secondary greenhouse.
Her fingers were curled tightly into the leather arms of her chair, her knuckles pale under the dim light of the desk lamp.
"Watch the treeline," I said, my voice barely louder than a breath.
Right on cue, a dark shape broke through the dense brush three hundred yards from the fence.
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