Chapter 69 Distraction

"I'm serious, Jaxon. I'm not sitting on the sidelines while you do all the dirty work," Isabel's voice cut through the tension in the room. Her arms crossed in defiance, her eyes challenging me to argue. Again. I rubbed my hand over my face, worn out, as it weighed upon me. She knew it well-the time pressure, with events spiralling minute by minute-and damn it all to hell if I wanted her near this fight, not while things were this complex.