Rhea’s POV

The world had gone quiet. Not the type that soothed but the type that shut out everything till the sound of your heartbeat became earsplitting.

I couldn't see properly, my vision blurring with each heave of my chest. This was all my fault, my mother's mostly. If I'd stayed away from this pack, all this wouldn't have happened.

But I've been ingrained into all of this without my permission.

Beside me, Eira bit her nails as she rocked back and forth on the chair. Her hair ...