When the kingdom burned, William lost everything—his home, his mother, his innocence.
Born a peasant and branded a thief, he never dreamed his hands would one day hold a soldier’s sword. But fate is merciless. Dragged into a war he never chose, William rises from the ashes of loss, his heart bound by a single vow: to live, and to make them pay.
Under the command of a hardened general, he trains among nobles and killers alike—outcast, mocked, yet unbroken. But just as he begins to find purpose, the enemy strikes where no one expects: within the very walls of the general’s mansion.
As fire consumes the fortress, William is entrusted with a final duty—to protect the general’s daughter, the last light of a dying house.
Hunted, haunted, and driven by vengeance, William must choose between the oath that keeps him alive and the humanity that war threatens to destroy.
In a world where crowns mean power and the crownless are forgotten, his destiny begins not with glory… but with loss.