Alice Shepherd had always been an interest to the Shelby brothers, ever since they were all kids. Especially John. They grew up on the same estate, with the same traditions and same rules - but she was never the same as them, or as anyone else. So when she manages to escape her abusive husband and return to Small Heath after years of being "missing" things quickly get chaotic again. Trigger warnings for sh, PTSD, abuse, torture, SA, time accurate misogyny, mentions of gr*pe, a lot of violence in general. A lot of blood. Longish chapters.