For years, Althea moved through life like a shadow-powerful, elegant, and unseen. Her strength intimidated, her independence was mistaken for coldness, and her yearning for connection was met with silence. No matter how brightly she shone, no one stayed long enough to understand the tenderness behind her dominance. She had nearly given up on finding someone who wouldn't flinch at her intensity-until she met him.
Elijah was a quiet storm-raised in a world of religious dogma and rigid family expectations, where obedience meant survival and shame became second skin. Beneath his devotion and silence, a soul was breaking, aching for truth, for softness, for surrender on his own terms. When their paths crossed, he wasn't seeking love-he was trying not to fall apart.
What began as a chance meeting deepened into a sanctuary neither of them expected. In her presence, Elijah found permission to kneel-not out of guilt, but choice. And in his surrender, Althea discovered a devotion so raw it breathed life into the parts of her she thought were forever frozen.
Together, they begin a slow unraveling-of old beliefs, generational scars, and forbidden longings. He teaches her vulnerability; she teaches him freedom. But to truly heal, they must confront the ghosts of their pasts-and decide if love forged in fire can survive in the light.
A femdom romance rooted in emotional healing, deep trust, and the quiet power of being seen.
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She was his coworker. She was his close friend. She was his cousin. These were all things I knew. There were just a few crucial components to their connection of which I had been unaware. She had been his crush. And now he was hers.