The Mechanical Sisters of Misery: The Malfunction

By sage foxley

The system is breaking.

Lauren and Marissa have survived Dominic's corrections-the strap, the scarf, the clinical precision of his stopwatch. But survival is not freedom. When a rival's betrayal exposes their private rituals to the Federation, the technical board launches an inquiry that threatens to destroy everything they have built.

To save their registration, they must do the unthinkable: perform a flawless short program under the watch of a technical observer, with their careers hanging on a single landing.

But Dominic's methods have left scars that run deeper than the surface. As they step onto the ice, their bodies remember what their minds are trying to forget. The double-loop harness binds them together, forcing them to share a single axis-but the harness cannot contain the friction between them. The desperate, volatile intimacy that ignited in the locker room now threatens to consume them entirely.

Elena-the ghost of Dominic's past-steps out of the shadows. She knows the code. She knows the tapping. She knows exactly how the cage was built. And she is willing to help them tear it down, if they are brave enough to follow her lead.

But Dominic is not finished. He will not let his machines walk away without a fight. As the Federation closes in and the line between ally and enemy blurs, Lauren and Marissa must face the terrifying truth: the malfunction is not in the machinery.

It is in the people who built it.

The Malfunction is the dark, visceral second installment of The Mechanical Sisters of Misery-a story of fractured loyalty, desperate intimacy, and the unbearable cost of reclaiming your own axis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7B4CG1S
• ISBN13: 9798185246610
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"