My return to captivity has cost me everything I fought to protect. Gaspard's control tightens like a noose—he's stripped away all I care about, leaving me more isolated than ever.

While Antosha searches desperately for a way to reach me, the tension in this house builds toward an inevitable breaking point. As the pressure builds toward an inevitable breaking point, the question isn't who will make the first move.

It's whether I'll still be me when it's over.