Edmond serves as the realm's legendary supreme archmage until treacherous courtiers ambush his transport and cast him into the wilderness. Amnesiac and robbed of his spellcasting abilities, he survives as a humble groom named Cole in the Octavius manor stables. For two decades he endures relentless mockery from Sebastian, the arrogant young master who treats him like disposable filth.
Their dynamic shatters when a violent scuffle exposes a tarnished family medallion resting beneath Cole's frayed tunic. Recognizing the unique crest his late mother carved decades earlier, Sebastian reels from the realization that this battered groom is his long-lost father. Overwhelmed by shame and devotion, Sebastian must help unseal his father's slumbering magical supremacy before imperial assassins strike again.
