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.

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4 golden ticket = 2 extra chapter

Redemption In The Shadows

Winter's Crown had known war, rebellion, and treachery, but now it had something new—Damien as its Lord Protector.

The morning after his acceptance, the palace was alive with movement. Soldiers saluted him with renewed vigor. Nobles whispered in the corridors, some cautiously optimistic, others fearful of what his new authority meant.

Damien strode through the halls with purpose, his steel-gray eyes sharp. Power had been handed to him, but power alone meant nothing. It was how it was used that shaped history.

As he entered the council chamber, his closest allies—Erynn, Carys, and Amara—were already gathered.

Erynn looked up from a stack of reports. "Your first full day as Lord Protector. How does it feel?"

Damien smirked. "Like I have a target on my back."

Amara grinned, leaning back in her chair. "Oh, you definitely do. Some of the nobles looked like they were swallowing poison when you accepted the title."

Chapter 144: A Throne in the Shadows