FRIENDS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES – AND SOME HAVE NONE AT ALL

 

Cassie Reilly learned early how to disappear.

 

At school, she was invisible. At home, she was trapped. The garden shed became her refuge—a place where she could hide from bullies, silence her thoughts, and pretend the violence inside the house wasn’t getting closer.

 

Until one night, it did.

 

When her stepfather’s cruelty crosses a line, something else intervenes. Something unseen. Something that refuses to let Cassie remain a victim.

 

Alone and desperate, Cassie makes a choice: fear the unknown presence that saved her —or trust it. With no one else willing to protect her, she accepts the companionship offered, unaware of how deeply that bond will shape the years to come. Because it doesn’t just keep her safe.

 

It teaches her how to survive.