~QUINN~

My eyes staying focused on nothing else, I flipped to the next page.

While Gwen busied herself in the living room, I lay on the bed enjoying the silence in the bedroom that made for a perfect opportunity to enjoy one of my favourite hobbies.

Reading. Being a bookworm, despite how I may appear to people, was one of the best traits I appreciated. There was something about burying my nose in the pages of a book that soothed my mind. It took my imaginations to a world. A world free of worries.

I heard the door open behind me and footsteps approach swiftly.

"Dog pile!" I winced as...