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Tethered
Paperback
RomanceGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher: Alastair Finch
Published: Jul 17 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Shirley and Andrea's lives were once a quiet symphony of domesticity, a gentle rhythm of shared routines and unspoken understandings. Their world, a tapestry woven with comfortable predictability, was brutally torn asunder in a rain-slicked alley. There, a chance encounter with Vinni, a figure of insidious menace, instantly transformed them from ordinary women into something far more precarious: logistical errors in the cold, calculating mind of a predator. The mundane sanctuary of their home, the comforting illusion of safety, dissolved in that single, shattering moment, leaving them adrift in a new reality where their very existence was a liability.
The aftermath was a meticulously orchestrated purge, a systematic eradication of their former selves. Their identities, once concrete and verifiable, were erased with chilling efficiency, leaving them rootless and untraceable. The betrayal by Jax, a trusted confidant, twisted the knife of their vulnerability even deeper, revealing the insidious nature of their new enemy's reach. Trapped in the claustrophobic confines of a bunker, they endured a harrowing siege, a crucible that burned away the last vestiges of their civilian lives. Every breath became a testament to survival, each desperate decision etched onto their psyches, leaving them hardened, hollowed, and forever altered.
In the desolate expanse of the Northern Hills, Shirley and Andrea shed the last remnants of who they once were, becoming ghosts. Their laughter, their tears, their very humanity were shed like old skin, replaced by a clinical resolve. They moved through the stark landscape not as women, but as echoes, their former selves long dead and buried. The warmth of memory, the comfort of familiarity, had been sacrificed at the altar of survival. Now, stripped bare of all but their primal instincts, they are ready to hunt. The prey: the predator who took everything from them. The pursuit: a bleak, methodical quest for an retribution that promises no solace, only the cold satisfaction of finality.
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