Knotty Ruff: Golden Knots -

The golden knot fell apart. Not with a bang, but with a soft, relieved sigh. Gold dust scattered across the floorboards, harmless now, like fallen leaves.

Caelus laughed, but it was a hollow, splintering sound. “Then why does everything I touch turn to triumph? My enemies drown. My debts vanish. Women throw themselves at my feet.” knotty ruff: golden knots

It was not grey. It was not frayed.