Embracing the Night

When Elise leaves Canada to build a life with her husband, she expects an adjustment-not a complete unraveling. In a country where she doesn't speak the language and doesn't understand the rules, every misstep carries consequences, and every silence feels loaded.

At first, it's small things. A missing belonging. A rule she didn't know she broke. A look that lingers too long.

As the boundaries around her close in, Elise begins to realize she may not have as much control as she believed-over he...