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Summary
After Voleth Meir and the massacre at Kaer Morhen, Yen spirals into thoughts of self harm. She feels alone, rejected by Geralt, and is just beginning to feel the effects of the trauma she suffered when she'd lost her magic.
Then she discovers a pair of dimeritium cuffs.
When she allows the cuffs to take away her magic momentarily, and then she regains it, it begins to restore her sense of safety.
But she needs more to help her heal. A most unlikely person (Jaskier), is her port in the storm.
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The cuffs sat on the table beside them, wrapped in her scarf. She pulled them out slowly, almost tenderly, and sat them in the space between her knees and Jaskier. The key laid next to them.
Jaskier fell into a reverent silence. The crackling of his torch and the tinkling of the chains was the only sound.
“Alright,” she said. “I’m going to put them on. I’ll click the first one shut, then the second one. Then you’ll lock them. Go ahead, pick up the key.”
Jaskier picked up the key and slid it between his fingers, stroking it like it was a talisman. He was barely breathing, watching her like she was some kind of goddess.
She cleared her throat and looked down. “Here we go.”