Chapter 1 Escape from the Light

He was a product of the Church's experiments-baptized in holy light, injected with foreign blood, grafted with the fangs and tail of a serpent, and embedded with the wings of an eagle. But he was a failure.

Abandoned by faith, displayed like a trophy for nobles, and paraded before the devout as a captured devil-a living tool of propaganda.

During the chaos of a heretic purge, Arno managed to escape. Deep within an uninhabited forest, he donned a sorcerer's cloak, shedding the chains of control.

There, he encountered a crippled knight.

A failed experiment with nothing but beauty to his name-set on a path toward power...