Introduction: In a nation where power is carved from blood, cruelty, and the will of the royals, Edric has only ever known life in chains. Born a slave, he鈥檚 dragged into a desperate experiment meant to forge the perfect weapon.Now marked by the fire of rebirth and something far worse. Edric is thrown into the arena, where the weak are consumed and the strong are broken. As he fights for freedom, he draws the eyes of nobles, demons in human skin, and a princess who sees him as hers......