Pam, Dwight and company scramble to uncover what happened to Jim, while Jim engages in mind games with his reluctant but unstable captor in hopes of being found alive. 

WARNING: THIS IS DARK AND EMOTIONAL. CHECK NOTES AT BEGINNING AND END OF CHAPTERS FOR WARNINGS. Mod Note: Graphic Drawing in Chapter 4

"It's not about ideologies anymore or what we wish the world was. It just isn’t. You have to decide what matters and then do whatever you can to keep it. Sometimes that means making impossible decisions; choices that take a piece of you.” 

AU from “Negotiations”; Roy isn’t in the mood for closure. Pam suffers the consequences and rises from the ashes, while Jim tries to find his way back to her.

Sequel to The Other Pam

Jim/Pam relationship centric

‘He’s not going to use her for a story. He’d known within seconds of seeing her sneak to that garden door like a lifeline, within seconds of slipping out after her, that he wasn’t going to do that.’

He held her life in his hands when they were together, and she held his soul, and knew it.

An unexpected threat surfaces, testing Jim and Pam's deepening bond in ways neither could have anticipated. Just how far do they need to go to outrun their troubles? How far can they go?

AU: Cameras, cameras everywhere, with a far more sinister purpose. Set in a dystopian version of America. The people aren't taking it lying down!

*Book 3 in the Freedom First trilogy. This story picks up after Safety First. If you haven't read the series, this installment may fall short of sensical.*