How far are you willing to go to make your wishes come true? Blood, murder and love. These are what link Benjamin, Alexi, Thomas, Paola and Christian together. What started as a normal year at St. Joshua's College, soon transforms into a dark pandemonium of secrets, magical rituals and the slow fall into madness for this élite group of students. Between classes with the eccentric professor Roberston, theological debates and conspiratorial encounters, these five go beyond what is morally accepted to explore their deepest desires and impulses, and find a way to achieve everything they want. But in their quest for success, they find themselves dragged into something bigger than them that will eventually bring the group to a breaking point. Gilded Cage is a queer, Dark Academia novel where nothing is what it seems. Benjamin soon learns that even love comes with a price, and sometimes people are beyond salvation. TRIGGER WARNINGS: -Blood -Gore -Explicit sexual contents -Non-con elements -Violence -Knife play -Religion debates/extremist beliefs -Homophobia -Transphobia