Nathaniel conceals his supreme spellcraft for years, playing the obedient, uncelebrated spouse to lift Commander Lucienne into national triumph. The instant the frontier pacifies, Lucienne discards him, flaunting her adulterous pregnancy with a treacherous rival general and demanding Nathaniel forfeit his sacred family relics.
Instead of begging for mercy, Nathaniel steps into the grand coronation hall to drop his humble façade and strip the usurpers of their stolen laurels. When he unearths dark pacts connecting his rival to demonic abyss horrors, he forces the treacherous commander to confront the catastrophic cost of her disloyalty.
