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After years of ritualized torment and psychological conditioning, even escape doesn't feel like freedom. When a very public psychotic breakdown draws police attention, he’s labeled unstable and committed for evaluation. No longer in Cazador's cage but now stuck in the confines of a psychiatric ward. Feeling as though no one listens to him until he meets Halsin, the nurse with warm eyes, steady hands, and a stubborn refusal to treat Astarion like he’s broken. Astarion is all sharp edges and defensive smiles. Halsin is patience embodied. What begins as guarded conversation turns into fragile trust, then something neither of them expected. But trauma doesn’t loosen its grip easily. And falling in love might be the most terrifying thing Astarion has ever done.