You could cut the tension in the house with a knife. Juniper ignored Adara most of the time and Ramos spent less and less time at home, which suited her perfectly. The nights he was home, he waited until Juniper passed out before he came for Adara.
It became so regular that Adara didn’t bother to cry anymore, instead she tried to switch off the horror engulfing her life. She’d imagine that silvery white wolf and in her mind, she went deeper into the woods. Still, she didn’t contemplate suicide. What would be the point? There was no way she was going to let them win.
She decided to be more rebellious. She started coming home late and skipped half the chores she would normally do. She was being beaten and raped anyway. What more could they do to her? Why try and placate them when she was b
