Fics like silken chains

He could feel the stares, sharp and prickling, like the blades of a hundred swords, following his every movement like vultures would an injured animal, waiting for their chance to strike and devour the corpse left behind. They judged, they looked, they whispered, and still, Hyunjin walked. One foot in front of the other, chin up, gaze steady, the impeccable image of grace and femininity, moving with the practice that only a lifetime of learning etiquette, poise, gait and posture could grant, of putting on layers upon layers of lies so convincingly, so perfectly, so flawlessly, that not a single soul would question him, would know him for a fraud, for a filthy, pathetic pretender wearing pretty garments and precious jewels, deceit and humiliation in equal doses In which Hyunjin, forced to live as a woman in high society, becomes the Queen’s diamond of the season, much to his dismay. Determined and desperate to escape marriage, he drives away every suitor, until an unshakable Duke arrives, chosen by the Queen herself, and Hyunjin’s carefully crafted world and walls begin to crumble.

Fics like silken chains

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