Being restrained isn't what anyone wants. Not emotionally, anyway. But Elliott is:
Shackled by guilt.
Ensnared by grief.
Tethered by dark, taboo secrets.
Immured by wicked desires.
After learning about Jonah's responsibilities, she becomes convinced that he is:
Caged by expectation.
Constrained by belief.
But Jonah is the only man who has been able to rid her of the emotional ropes she's wrapped herself up in.
Jonah has the uncanny understanding that Elliott is freed when caged. But he's the one man she's desperate to save from herself.
All Jonah wants to do is bind her to him.
Who bends?
★★★★★
Content warnings: suicide, mature situations, NC, violation of religious symbols, references to SA including that of a minor and violent SA.