Wrapped in Chains: The Most Honest Line in the Novel (Part 3)
The Word That Changes Everything There is a moment in Wrapped in Chains that stops the reader cold. It is not a dramatic shootout or a passionate embrace. It is a single sentence, spoken quietly, in the aftermath of a fight that has been building for weeks. “I was scared of you.” Breanna says this to Chains after he discovers she has been hiding her pregnancy. He is angry—not about the baby, but about the lie. He feels betrayed. He feels shut out. And then she says those four words, and everything shifts. ...