Life Within Parole, Volume 2

The second volume of Life Within Parole collects ten stories in the world of Chameleon Moon. It is recommended to be read between Chameleon Moon and The Lifeline Signal.

Description
Parole is full of danger—and secrets.

The deepest of them make up intricately interconnected stories. Damaged survivors finding each other, stitching their lives together in the harshest of places, forging precious bonds amidst the flames. Gradually growing trust, love, and understanding between found families. But there’s no escaping this place, its deadly realities, or its predators. A brutal capture. A hellish withdrawal and fragile recovery. A harrowing escape. A breakneck sprint across a haunted, poisoned wasteland.

Life and death, trust and betrayal, choking smoke and breaths of fresh air—all of these are just part of life within Parole.

Stories

 * 1) Thought and Memory (cw: brief mention of parental abuse/family dysfunction)
 * 2) Recognition (cw: kidnapping/torture, allusion to torture, ableism)
 * 3) Words (cw: grief/loss, mentioned past character death)
 * 4) Life Returns (cw: non-damaging body horror, Zilch repairs)
 * 5) Happening Again (cw: kidnapping/imprisonment, torture, needles, implications of sexual assault, drugs, drugging without consent, brief loss of bodily autonomy)
 * 6) Withdrawal (cw: drug withdrawal, hallucinations, medical peril, discussion of possible deaths)
 * 7) Always Be You (cw: mildly NSFW, non-explicit sexual arousal, discussion of orientations/boundaries)
 * 8) Stitches (cw: non-damaging body horror, more Zilch repairs)
 * 9) Memento Ignis (cw: funeral processes, burning of a shrouded body, discussion of death, SkEye's institutional horrors)
 * 10) You're Not Going That Way (cw: guns, body and psychological horror, PTSD/autistic-near meltdown, major character death)