Forty years ago, the world changed. Toxic threads left behind by mutated moths infected men and boys around the globe. Some were killed quietly in their sleep, others became crazed killers, wildy dangerous and beyond help. All seemed hopeless. But humantiy adapted, healed and moved on. Now matriarchs rule, and men are kept in specially treated dust-free facilities for their safety and the good of society, never able to return to the outside. Mary has settled into this new world and takes care of the male residents at her facility. But she still remembers how things used to be and is constantly haunted by her memories. Or her family, of her joy, of... him. Now the world is quiet again, but only becuase secrets are kept safe in whispers. And the biggest secret of all? No one wants to live inside a cage.