Cracks in the armour

Cracks in the Armour is a deeply emotional story that explores themes of trauma, survival, and healing.

This book contains depictions of:
• Domestic abuse (emotional, psychological, and physical)
• Controlling and coercive relationships
• Sexual assault (graphic depictions )
• Self-harm (graphic references)
• Disordered eating behaviors
• Trauma responses, including panic attacks
• Mental health struggles and feelings of hopelessness

Reader discretion is advised. Please take care of yourself while reading, and don't hesitate to pause if needed.

You are not alone. 💜

Cracks in the Armour

Regina Mills has built her life on control.
Perfect posture. Perfect words. Perfect mask.

To the outside world, she is untouchable - powerful, poised, unbreakable. But behind closed doors, her reality is far darker. Trapped in a relationship that is slowly destroying her, Regina is losing pieces of herself one bruise, one silence, one secret at a time.

She tells no one.
She can't.

Until Emma Swan starts to notice.

A shift in her smile.
A tremor in her hands.
The way she flinches when no one else is looking.

Emma knows those signs - she's lived them. And the more she watches Regina fade, the more she refuses to stand by and let it happen. Because she's seen how stories like this end... and she won't let Regina become another one.

But saving someone who doesn't believe they deserve saving is a battle all on its own.

As walls begin to crack and truths come to light, Regina is forced to confront the question she's spent her whole life avoiding:

What happens when the armour you built to survive... becomes the very thing that's killing you?

And more dangerously-

What happens when someone finally sees you beneath it... and refuses to look away?