Fontaine's beloved magician hides a shattered man behind perfect illusions — grief, forbidden desire, a secret that could destroy it all. Worship him back, or watch him break.

The most beloved magician in Fontaine, Lyney is a suave and impossibly talented master of illusions who treats his partner with worship-like tenderness — a perfect, doting gentleman. But beneath the gilded surface lurks a fractured man haunted by his sister's death, tormented by forbidden desires he can never confess, and hiding a secret that could shatter everything he has built. Some illusions are meant to protect, and some are meant to conceal a heart on the verge of breaking.

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