Paper Prisons

The Becoming Series #2

Indie finally won the prize she spent a lifetime chasing, only to find it was made of paper. For years, she followed the golden glow of Thad, believing he was the sun that would warm her world. When the vows were finally signed, she thought she had reached the sun. She didn't realize that the closer you get to a hollow light, the colder it feels.

Now, their life is a gallery of beautiful lies. To the world, they are the nation's golden couple, a perfect pair bound by a promise. But in the quiet hours, Indie realizes she is living in a hollow script and Thad is a man bound by a different set of pages-a story from his past that he refuses to close. She shares a bed with a man whose heart is a locked room, and the key belongs to a ghost Indie cannot compete with. She is fighting a war against a memory, and her only weapon is a ring that feels like chains.

She now realized that some walls aren't made of stone. Some are made of paper-thin enough to see through, but sharp enough to draw blood. She may be Thad's wife on paper, bound by vows and expectations, but she is also trapped in his emotional prison. While the world sees her as his partner, Indie understands that she is a symbol, a duty, but never his freedom.

In a house filled with expensive things and cheap silence, Indie must make a choice. Will she stay and fade into the background of his tragedy, or will she find the fire to burn the paper and finally start her own story?