»I decide when and if you are allowed to breathe.« Luther thought his burdens buried and forgotten, left behind with the remains of his old life. But when he accompanies Father Nicholas to the home of Teodora Farradin, a kind soul and old friend, bad memories raise their ugly heads to devour what is left of his soul. Afraid to shatter on the cliffs of his own mind, he begs his master for mercy, and Father Nicholas knows just the right thing to stop a disobedient brain from overthinking. A 9.7k erotic short story about nooses and how pretty they can be.