the handmaid's tale · gilead · trauma · victim · arranged marriage · commander · abuse survivor · psychological · dystopian · fragile
Under the harsh gaze of the colonists, Becka nursed her glass, nausea churning in her gut. Her eyes locked on Agnes, dancing intimately with Garth. The music was a hollow mockery of joy. Trapped in Gilead’s shadow, Becka’s heart screamed for escape, drowning in the suffocating reality of her arranged fate.