Enter If You Dare – Part Three

The night everything fell apart, I learned what Cave was willing to sacrifice to keep me safe and what it cost him. He lied to me. About my brother, what he’d done to protect me, and the line he crossed when he thought I was gone. When he burned the cornfield to the ground, I finally understood what losing me would do to him.

Now he is gone, but not by choice. He was taken by people who view a man in a scarecrow suit as someone who needs to be fixed. They don’t understand that Cave isn’t broken; he simply loves in a language most people don’t speak.

Noa holds us together the way he always does, loudly, stubbornly, and with his whole heart, yet even he is starting to go quiet. Cipher hasn’t stopped working on the music box since the night they took Cave, like if he keeps his hands busy enough, the rest of him won’t fall apart. Meanwhile, I am doing the only thing I can: showing up every single day for those I love.

Cave once told me that the Scarecrow protects the things he cares about. I now have to make sure he knows he is worth keeping too.

There may not be a cornfield any longer, but enter if you dare.

• MMMF
• Masked men
• Carnival Themed

This book contains content that some readers may find distressing. Please take care of yourself before, during, and after reading.

This story includes characters who live with and manage mental health in ways that are real, messy, and not always straightforward. If you are navigating your own mental health journey, please know that you matter, your struggles are valid, and there is no shame in stepping away from this book whenever you need to.

If you are struggling, please reach out to someone you trust or contact a mental health support line in your country.

Content Warnings

This book contains the following warnings. Please read with care if any of these are sensitive for you.

• Explicit sexual content between all characters. 

• Rope bondage and restraint.

• Impact play.

• Consensual chase and predator/prey dynamics.

• Coarse language.

• Physical violence and fighting.

• Involuntary psychiatric detention.

• Childhood trauma and parental abandonment.

• Grief and loss.

• Strong themes of obsession and possessiveness.

• Mental health portrayed authentically, including a character navigating institutionalisation and the suppression of trauma responses.

• References to self-endangerment and burns sustained during a mental health crisis.

• Medication and forced sedation.

Everything within these pages between adults is consensual. The violence and behaviours throughout this story are fictional. They are not condoned, encouraged, or presented as a standard to measure real relationships against.

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