Before kingdoms crumbled and thrones turned to ash, a wager was cast-let mortals choose their fate.
Now, a man named Dantes Lamolet carries a scar he doesn't remember and a name that was never truly his. Once a prince, now a shadow among mercenaries, he seeks only silence.
But fate has other plans.
When a girl with flame-colored hair and a voice that stirs forgotten echoes crosses his path, the threads of the past begin to tighten. Her name is Alberta Montagne-and behind her guarded smile lies a secret the kingdom would burn to bury.
Whispers of betrayal, stolen bloodlines, and a vanished woman named Mercedes spark a journey neither of them can escape.
And beneath it all, something ancient watches. Waiting.
He was never meant to return.
She was never meant to be found.
But ruin remembers.