They called me a disgrace.
The fifth-born son of the King of Emberfall—unblessed, powerless, and forgotten. My name was Prince Kael... and I was executed before my twenty-first birthday for a crime I didn’t commit.
I died on the gallows, my family watching with cold eyes.
But death wasn't the end.
A cursed flame pulled me back—reborn into my younger body, four years before it all fell apart. And this time… something came back with me.
Fire that doesn’t burn. Shadows that answer when I speak. Whispers from the ruins beneath the palace.
The noble houses are already moving. The heir is weak. The kingdom is blind. And war brews on the borders.
I won't waste my second life.
This time, I’ll uncover the secrets they buried. I’ll master the curse they feared. And I’ll take the throne they denied me—even if I have to burn the entire empire to the ground.