5 years prior
Celia stood at the edge of the lake, arms crossed tight over her chest, her foot tapping impatiently. The late afternoon sun dappled through the trees, glittering across the water. Normally this place calmed her, but right now it only made her more restless.
She’d waited nearly twenty minutes, stewing the entire time over what she’d overheard at school. Teegan and Ava, again, of course, giggling in the hallway about Lucas and how “incredible” he looked during training, how broad his shoulders had gotten, how he was probably the best-looking guy in the whole pack.
And it wasn’t just them. Everywhere she turned, some girl seemed to be whispering or glancing his way. It was like all of a sudden, everyone had woken up and realized how handsome Lucas was. It made her stomach tw
