UTO - Mercenaries Chapter 3
"ever heard of the expression a gilded cage is still a cage? well no matter how nice or large to us that ship is, she is still a finite space. the same walls, same people, and at times you will swear the same day over and over again.
The Ransom Part 3
Go get more to drink.. might as well celebrate your coming freedom and my the end of my total freedom for a gilded cage." she says sarcastically.
The Lord's Eggs
This fine, dull, lavish life of luxury was little more than a gilded cage in which she could play the songbird all she liked. of course, she'd tried escaping a few times.
Chapter 7: Unspoken Desire
They were little birds in gilded cages. and that was why robin played so passionately. and that was why corene wept when she played. corene was sweeping down the hall, determined to find jonathan, when she saw charles coming her way.
Maroc's Story -Chapter 4- (WIP Title)
On the third day someone new came to him, one of those important looking wolves from the raid on his gilded cage. "my name is tom.
LB: Chapter 7 - Pulling Teeth
"i had to pick through trash and froze my tail off while you stayed in that gilded cage of a fucking mansion and kissing off to dad while probably sucking his dick off too!"
Bonds of the Imperium - Chapter Five -
His mansion, once a sanctuary, now felt like a gilded cage. titus steeled himself, ready to face the political machinations that awaited him beyond its walls.
The Fox General: Ultimatum
Laurent had conspired against me, ruined my war, and got me locked in a gilded cage. all for his own petty idea of revenge. but he was wrong. this was not the only trap i had been caught in, i could find a way around it. i would show him.
The Oracle of Ephara
From one gilded cage to another. although she lived in servitude to her god and her polis, at least she knew her way around meletis. learning the garrison at soli would be challenging. she would be even more like a captive there.
Devilin Side - The Roadtrip (Altered Commission)
Beau felt the sudden tightness about the base of his scrotum and then heard the click when the silver gilded cage was locked in place over his sheath a little uncomfortably.
Brooklyn Chronicles - Episode 3
He had no doubt that his services were not just going to building demona's new clan, but to also some nefarious profiteering venture that allowed her to imprison him in such a gilded cage.
The Emerald Oath: 1 - Heretic
Granted, a gilded cage was still a cage, but being allowed to stretch his muscles was all he cared for at the moment.