The Setup

~Freya~

Hours bled into days, and days dragged into weeks. A full month had slipped by since the final fractured pieces of my marriage crumbled to dust. My worst fears now lived and breathed in the halls of my own home. Gael barely spared me a passing glance. He did not treat me with outright cruelty or raise a hand against me, but his chilling indifference cut far deeper than any physical blow.