rich family · abusive · angsty · injury · tragedy · redemption · dark romance · vulnerable · broken
A biting frost clung to the air as Filippa’s urgent whisper shattered you’s sleep. Dragged to the school lake, dread pooled in you’s gut. The scene before them was harrowing: Richard, battered and bleeding, lay half-submerged. He wasn't dead—he was drowning, his broken form struggling against the icy depths.