A Stolen Fate
RHEA'S POV
Flashback...
The summer I turn sixteen, the riverbank becomes our sanctuary. While Miles trains in a distant pack, I come here to escape my mother's cold eyes and Roxy's cutting remarks. Yuri finds me one day, skipping stones across the glassy surface, and after that, it becomes our place. We create our own world here, a tangle of inside jokes, whispered secrets, and improvised games that only we understand. The pack house suffocates me, but here by the water, with sand between my toes and Yuri's easy laughter in my ears, I can breathe.