Rhea’s POV
My mind drifts to that day, how it happened. The day everything changed, the day love blinded me and delivered me straight into betrayal.
I remember it clearly.
I had locked myself in my room for three days because I overheard the whispers. they were planning to take me to Eclipse Academy. A “reform school,” that was what they called it. But everyone knew it was a place where troubled wolves were dumped, trained, silenced, reshaped.
I refused to eat. I refused to speak. Every sound outside my room made my heart jump.
Then that afternoon, my phone vibrated.
Cassian name flashed on my screen.
My heart immediately leapt, stupid, hopeful, desperate. I opened the message.
“Rhea. Come meet me. Same place as before. Don’t let anyone see you. I miss you and want to spend some
