I was commanded to bond. To prove my strength through dominance. To lead as all militants must. But everything I was taught is wrong.

My name is Rion, and I'm a soldier who was never meant to command.

Assigned to bond with Kaelen, a brilliant scholar from the Temple of Aerius, I should be the dominant partner. Military tradition demands it. My training requires it. Both our Orders expect it.

But Kaelen sees through my carefully constructed facade to the truth I've hidden my entire life.

I don't want to lead. I want to submit.

Under his confident guidance, I discover that surrender isn't weakness. It's liberation. That kneeling for him feels more natural than standing over others. That his quiet commands awaken something in me I never dared acknowledge.

But our bond defies every expectation, challenges every tradition. In a world where militants must dominate and scholars must submit, we've found the opposite to be true.

As our connection deepens beyond anything either Order has seen before, we face an impossible choice: conform to roles that will slowly poison us both, or risk everything to honor what we've discovered together.

Some bonds can only survive by breaking all the rules.

Silken Collar is the second novel in the Pleasure Palace series and features role reversal, enemies to lovers, a military hero who learns to submit, and a guaranteed happy ending. This book is written for adults.