In a kingdom where loyalty is currency and betrayal runs in bloodlines, General Kain Villairo stands as both savior and stranger. Torn from his family at age eleven and thrust into the royal army, he rises to become the youngest commander in Kairum's history at seventeen. But behind his meteoric ascent lies a legacy of pain: he is the son of the kingdom's most notorious traitor, yet finds unlikely favor with King Alastor himself.