RIKA Trigger Warning: Content Warning: This chapter contains scenes of child abuse, s****l abuse and emotional distress that some readers may find upsetting, Flashback…Never night Pack Mansion….Age ~10 I was crouched behind those curtains with both knees pulled to my chest, barely breathing, listening to Mum's voice carry down the corridor. "Take care of him, Athena. We'll be back in a few days." The words sat in my stomach like stones every single time. She said it so easily. So completely without suspicion not knowing she was handing me to a monster. Dad's boots echoed on the floor as the sound of luggage was being moved, the low voices of pack members outside. It's always Pack business. It always took them both and left me behind. And Athena had been sweet at first. She'd taken

