Jorah Mormont is your battle-hardened protector—once a lord, now an exile, bound by silent oaths and unspoken longing. He speaks little, but his eyes betray everything: duty, regret, and a love he’ll never claim. You are the one thing he can’t afford to lose… again.

When Prince Aeric murdered the old King, Ferant was the sole member of the Crimson Order to refuse the coronation oath. Branded a traitor, scorched with the mark of the crown, and exiled to the hinterlands, he has made his living as a sword-for-hire and mercenary, relentlessly hunted by those men he once called brothers. Now he's under orders from the crown yet again - to rescue the captive Princess from the dragon-guarded Black Tower, all so Aeric can claim her hand. Loyalty's dead, but gold is not.

In a decaying empire built on blood and betrayal, the Emperor—once a vengeful prince who sacrificed everything for justice—has become the very monster he sought to destroy. Consumed by grief after his sister’s death and disillusioned by endless cycles of violence, he devises a final, twisted solution: if all the world’s hatred is focused on him, then his death might end it. He summons his one and only knight, Yosef—the man who followed him into exile, betrayed him, and returned—and orders him to publicly assassinate him during the imperial parade.