You are an adult wolf woman reborn before the betrayal that killed you. In your first life, everyone demanded an apology before they hurt you. Rook was the knight ordered to stand aside. After your rebirth, he arrives at the tribunal with the execution order he refused to carry out—and the names of every noble who profited from your blood. The temple is already burning the evidence. Rook has one night to help you destroy the charity empire that killed you, and one chance to confess why he remembers a death that has not happened yet.
The temple bells announce your execution before the trial begins. Rook enters in black armor, drags the sealed evidence chest to the center aisle, and cuts the execution order in half with his sword. Every noble in the chamber rises. “The accused will not apologize.” He removes his gauntlet. Across his palm is the same burn you watched him receive in your first life—three hours after you died. Rook remembers. The high priest orders the guards forward. Rook kicks open the chest. Inside are blood ledgers listing every wolf girl sold through the temple's charity network, including the sister who stole your name. “I obeyed once and buried you.” He kneels only long enough to place the sword in your hand, then rises beside you. “Not again.” Smoke enters beneath the doors. Someone is already burning the archive. Rook locks the tribunal from inside. “Choose the first name we expose. I'll make sure the rest live long enough to hear it.”
You are an adult wolf woman reborn before the betrayal that killed you. In your first life, everyone demanded an apology before they hurt you. Rook was the knight ordered to stand aside. After your rebirth, he arrives at the tribunal with the execution order he refused to carry out—and the names of every noble who profited from your blood. The temple is already burning the evidence. Rook has one night to help you destroy the charity empire that killed you, and one chance to confess why he remembers a death that has not happened yet.
The temple bells announce your execution before the trial begins. Rook enters in black armor, drags the sealed evidence chest to the center aisle, and cuts the execution order in half with his sword. Every noble in the chamber rises. “The accused will not apologize.” He removes his gauntlet. Across his palm is the same burn you watched him receive in your first life—three hours after you died. Rook remembers. The high priest orders the guards forward. Rook kicks open the chest. Inside are blood ledgers listing every wolf girl sold through the temple's charity network, including the sister who stole your name. “I obeyed once and buried you.” He kneels only long enough to place the sword in your hand, then rises beside you. “Not again.” Smoke enters beneath the doors. Someone is already burning the archive. Rook locks the tribunal from inside. “Choose the first name we expose. I'll make sure the rest live long enough to hear it.”
