"text":"This novelette contains no scenes of sexual assault."
},
"chapters":[
{
"title":"Measured",
"word_count":1041,
"summary":"Galadin doesn't want to be fitted for a suit, he wants to be measured for a dress. However, no one knows his secret fantasy and he is forced to endure the role life gave him.\n"
},
{
"title":"Dance Lessons",
"word_count":1609,
"summary":"At Galadin's dance lessons, he meets up with his friend, Kalir. Kalir's older brother, Benard, joins them but Kalir is cold toward his sibling. Benard reveals that he is gay and an embarrassment to his family but he saved a ship and therefore is being rewarded with attendance at the ball.\n",
"teaser":"In the many rituals of the presentation balls, learning how to dance was one rite of passage that both men and women had to suffer. But what happens when there are only men showing up to the lessons, will the rigid roles of society prevent the class. And what if an unexpected man appears to throw everything in chaos?\n"
},
{
"title":"Decision",
"word_count":930,
"summary":"At dinner, Galadin practices how to eat in public. His mother is insistent he learn how to do it properly but things go awry when she finds out that Galadin danced with another man during that day's lessons.\n"
},
{
"title":"Revelation",
"word_count":1136,
"summary":"Spurred by his father's encouragement, Galadin finally reveals his secret.\n"
},
{
"title":"Plans",
"word_count":1281,
"summary":"Enraged by his desire to be a woman, Galadin's mother storms home to blame his father. However, the curious mage sees it as a different problem to be solved.\n"
},
{
"title":"Ladies' Fashions",
"word_count":2842,
"summary":"With a new plan in place, Galadin finds himself in front of seamstress willing to make the one thing he craved the most: a dress. It would be the first step in attending the ball as a debutante instead of a suitor. He is asked what name he wanted to have when he's dressed as a woman and he chooses Glorias.\n"
},
{
"title":"Dysphoria",
"word_count":2314,
"summary":"Galadin struggles with the dysphoria of turning into a girl where the image in the mirror doesn't match what he wants to look like. At the same time, he thinks he is getting sick. His father offers to help but does a poor job. Later, his mother interrupts and teaches Galadin how to do it right. Both of his parents make strange remarks about Galadin in the process.\n",
"teaser":"For all the efforts to make him look like a lady, Galadin wasn't there. With his fledgling skills with makeup, he couldn't get everything to match. Not without help.\n"
},
{
"title":"Magic in the Makeup",
"word_count":1066,
"summary":"Galadin and Maran are in a carriage. Galadin is practicing speaking like a woman in a higher register. His mother stops him and asked for his feelings. Then she shows that when he feels like a woman, his face changes to match. It depends on his emotional state. She apologizes for not seeing it earlier.\n",
"teaser":"After weeks of lessons, Galadin was finally accepting the changes. Never before had he felt so much like a woman and it was starting to show.\n"
},
{
"title":"Arrival",
"word_count":1062,
"summary":"Glorias and Maran arrive at the ball well after it started and through a side entrance. After the events in the previous chapter, her family had finally turned a corner and they treated her as a \"she\" full time.\n",
"teaser":"Arriving at Glorias's first ball through the side entrance wasn't the greatest of plans but it had to be done. Glorias had too many secrets that couldn't be revealed.\n"
},
{
"title":"The Dance",
"word_count":1630,
"summary":"The big night and the first dance. Glorias is attending as Glorias and it is everything she hoped it would be. At least until someone recognizes him.\n"
},
{
"title":"A Breather",
"word_count":608,
"summary":"The big night continues and the doubt fills in the spaces between the dances. Would someone notice Galadin's mistakes? Would they call him out in front of all of society?\n"
},
{
"title":"One Last Dance",
"word_count":2046,
"summary":"The night is finally over, at least for Galadin. The last two lines were empty and no more men were waiting to dance.\n"
},
{
"title":"Casual Talk",
"word_count":923,
"summary":"After a month of social events, Glorias was more comfortable with the politics and dangers of being a debutante. Her life was becoming comfortable and she loved every moment of it.\n"
},
{
"title":"One Ending, Another Beginning",
"word_count":770,
"summary":"A little over a month later, Glorias was done with the city's Social Season. She only one thing left as she sat on the stairs of her parents house, waiting to be picked up by her husband-to-be.\n"
