Jeweler Julian delivers a gold-and-ivy collar to an impossible embassy; the coins sing, and the fae ambassador smiles like a struck bell.
Aurelian promises beauty without chains-nothing touches Julian without a yes. Where words bind, that vow is rebellion.
Desire ignites in galleries and in the hush of a studio: heat and ice, praise like sunrise, a collar that opens only when two hands agree.
But politics want a spectacle. Power hungers for ownership, and whispers call Julian an ornament.
Together they turn consent into law and intimacy into armor-yet choosing each other risks livelihoods, reputations, and the fragile seam between worlds.
Will gold be a cage or a key?
For readers 18+
