In a city where love is forbidden, punishable by cybernetic modification according to the tyrannical rule that governs it, matches are made by the ruling of science. Consorts-partners for life-are assigned to female residents on their twenty-first birthdays... and yours just happens to be right around the corner. In this adult romance story set in the steampunk gothic-Victorian city of Novus Londinium, discover what it truly means to be someone's soulmate. Even at the risk of all else. [this fic is censored in compliance with wattpad's policies and guidance. read the full and uncensored version on tumblr or ao3]