In the heart of their cramped urban studio, Eleanor Quinby wields the power to reshape her husband into the delicate vision she desires. James submits to the blouses and skirts that soften his frame, the steel cage locked tight under her watch, the key always resting against her skin. She hides her own fears behind the commands, even as his eager surrender pulls at the walls she built long ago.
Their fashion collection races toward its public reveal, but one moment in the fitting room changes the stakes. With his wrists caught in the measuring tape and the cage held ready against him, she faces the choice of how deeply to claim him before the world can see what they have become.
