Cassie escaped her abusive household with nothing but a suitcase, a bruised soul, and a fierce desire to be free. Now she’s in Madrid, building a new life with her own money, her own rules, and her own future. She cooks for strangers, buys what she wants without guilt, and slowly learns to trust again.

But freedom doesn’t erase the past — it just changes the way it follows her. When a chance invitation to a football match leads her to a mysterious stranger named Alex, Cassie realizes her heart is still learning how to live.

Can she finally choose love without fear? Or will her past keep pulling her back into darkness?

where I learned to breathe