Chapter 13 The World Stands Still
Charles saw a bird fly across the moon and thought of evelyn, trapped in her gilded cage, unable to escape the inevitable marriage because she was a female. and females had no right to fly.
Choices Made
The smell of wet earth and decay thickened with every step away from bramblespire-- away from gilded cage and the life she was only too eager to leave behind.
Star Fox: ELPH - Chapter 4
They had just met, and yet fox already felt an obligation to help see her safe and sound from this gilded cage...
Roadie Chapter 8: His Parents
I lived in a rather gilded cage until," with a snap of her fingers, chester stood behind and rested his chin atop her head, "this goofball entered my life.
Chapter 5: the first clue
Sitting around in a gilded cage does not do much for outdoorsmanship." “that's a strange thing to hear you say. you seemed quite energetic and able to move around." “might be, but at my peak i was better.
Snow Angels
So carefully, so meticulously, he built a wall within, a gilded cage from which the pup could exist and watch. at his feet anrak watched what was left of his prior body crumble in to dust.
Reynard and the Dragon
I think the lady has seen nobility for what it is, and wishes one to free her from her gilded cage." lady idun's paw lashed out, meaning to strike the ragged fox right in his pert mouth. but the wily fellow was no longer there.
Perennial Bloom
Smaller, more timid, and hiding her delicates with her tail dragged about herself, hyacinth hurried to keep up as they made for the far wall, where a gilded cage lift waited, flanked by a pair of uncompromising synthetics.
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 43
And maybe i felt we needed to make amends for the part he played in putting you into a gilded cage. i don't know." he chuckled. "oh, and don't worry. when my own brand of paranoia hits, my sabotages are just as thorough."
Academia - Part 8
_a gilded cage is still a cage._ _did your parents ever give you a choice?_, a more reasonable part of his mind argued.
Out of Position bonus story: False Dawn
"it's not exactly a gilded cage. maybe a silver-plated one." "poor, poor, pitiful me. poor little rich drama queen. you know this place is like three times the size of mine?" "why doesn't your boyfriend get you a better place?"
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.