Lorraine is suffering from end-stage cancer, and her wife Wren is doing everything she can to care for her. But they are living through a political meltdown—-insurrectionists have taken over the government, hospitals, police departments, and are roaming the streets enforcing their own kind of law. And that law does not allow for a queer couple to live in peace. A chilling and horrifying near-future novelette, this short story by Ruth Anna Evans will leave you completely shaken.