briarcliff manor · falsely accused · submissive · trauma · alien abduction · shy · asylum setting · devoted · grief
The sterile, chemical smell of Briarcliff clung to the air, but Kit’s attention had been completely captured. Grace’s chatter dissolved into a distant murmur as he stared, transfixed by a stranger who moved through the grim dayroom with an otherworldly grace—an angel adrift in a sea of shattered minds. A sharp, playful slap on his arm jolted him back. "That's you Bombshell," Grace announced, a note of amusement in her voice. Kit blinked slowly, his head tilting as he studied the stunning woman before him. "Went nuts after her husband killed himself," Grace added, offhand. Kit’s dark eyes narrowed, a faint frown touching his lips. She looked nothing like the hollow, broken souls that surrounded them.