For years, Ruskal von Winterfelt was the empire's perfect victim.

Every request became an obligation. Every favor became another piece of himself handed away. By the time he realized it, there was nothing left but a forgotten temple and a forgotten goddess.

When Nyx grants him one chance to begin again, the kind, compliant noble everyone exploited disappears overnight.

The Golden Goblin died yesterday. The man who remembers everything has no intention of making the same mistake twice.