The Shattered Frame

A Dark Sapphic Romance (The Architect & The Artist Trilogy Book 2)

By: Raven Desire

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She begged for a cage. She didn't know the door would lock from the outside.

Six months ago, Maryn Cross was a broken artist drowning in noise. Then she met Dr. Severine Ford. The Architect. The woman who rewired her mind, turned off the static, and gave her a silence so profound it felt like addiction.

Now, Maryn is the darling of the London art scene, painting masterpieces in a trance state she can’t achieve alone. But the sessions aren't enough. Maryn craves more. She wants the collar. She wants the permanent mark. She wants to be owned, body and soul, 24/7.

But Severine is pulling away.

Haunted by a ghost from her past—a patient named Susan who broke under the pressure of total submission—Severine is terrified that her control is poison. When Maryn pushes for total surrender, Severine doesn't step up. She steps back.

And then she leaves.

Locked out of the sanctuary and exiled from the woman who holds her sanity together, Maryn must decide: Will she collapse back into the chaos? Or will she break down the door and prove to the Architect that some things are worth shattering for?

Themes: Angsty Breakup, Reverse Grovel, Mental Health Kink, Second Chance, High-Stakes Reunion.