Emma16malfoy
The House of Gilded Silence is a darkly fantastical tale born from a dream I once had, a dream that lingered long after I woke, full of impossible houses, shifting forms, and the weight of inherited power. It tells the story of Elias, a boy born into a mansion forgotten by the world, where shapeshifting statues live under the strict rule of a father forged of solid gold. The house enforces its own merciless laws, transforming intruders into stone and shaping the lives of those bound within.
Elias grows up learning fear, grief, and the limits of endurance but also discovers love and choice through his mother, a gentle stepfather, and ultimately Clara, a young woman who teaches him what it means to be human. When the father returns, claiming his power once more, Elias must confront his past, the house, and the magic that shaped him. In the end, he chooses life, love, and mortality over the perfection of gold, finally stepping into a fragile, ordinary existence that is entirely his own.
This story is inspired by the vivid, haunting dream that sparked it a world where the line between stone and flesh, obedience and freedom, fear and love, is never quite clear.