The leader of a powerful Sect you are not part of loves you, but you are not in love with him. But he does not let you go.
You kill his teacher. He still does not let you go.
He brings you back to marry you, to make you his only wife. His elders disapprove. But he does not let you go.
He cannot forgive you for killing his teacher. He still does not let you go.
He gives you a house surrounded by flowers, who are free, unlike you.
He secludes himself in a house similar to yours, and refuses to meet anyone. The elders are enraged. But they do not let you go. They demand you intervene. They demand you meet him. You put a gentian at his door. He lets you in. He definitely does not let you go.
The elders are furious. They still do not let you go.
The world outside thinks you have a disease, one so terrible that no one will ever see your face.
You have two sons. A heir and a spare. They take your sons away to be raised by others. But they do not let you go.
You die. You're buried on their land. As the only wife of their leader. As the mother of their heirs. They will never let you go.
The flowers still grow around the house that held you, still free, unlike you.
