Agnst_Ella

"If somehow you could rewrite your life's greatest sins."

Damien Vryce, a hard-hearted killer, was hanged for tyranny. He found himself awoken one year ahead of his fall. Having recollections from his past, he swore to make amends and save himself from the gallows. In the path of redemption lay treachery, conspiracies under the surface, and an unlikely, but hot love with the unknown woman, Amara Draven.

As Damien sows the seeds of distrust by laying ruin to his past empire of fear, he recognizes that redemption considers the acknowledgement of the sins that have been committed along with the crossing of the line from sin to repentance. An entire kingdom lies in the threshold of war, enemies imbued with greed lurk in the shadows, and the second chance for Damien may well be the last.

20 power stones = 2 extra chapter
4 golden ticket = 2 extra chapter

Redemption In The Shadows

The cold morning air bit at Damien's face as he stood atop the battlements of Blackmere's fortress, gazing out at the sprawling lands that had once been his unchallenged domain. His steel-gray eyes swept over the horizon, noting the patches of farmland, the small villages scattered like chess pieces, and the roads that connected them to the wider kingdom.

It was here, in Blackmere, that his power should have been absolute. Yet, in the year since he had returned to the past, it had become apparent that his authority was anything but secure. His past tyranny and the kingdom's broader unrest had weakened his hold, and the nobles he once commanded with an iron fist now saw him as vulnerable.

Amara approached quietly, her sharp blue eyes narrowing as she joined him on the battlements. "You've been out here for a while," she said. "What's on your mind this time?"

Chapter 97: Seeds of Resistance