fantasyromanceAuthor: Godless_|Status: Completed
Aric Valerian was born a curse -- the fourth prince of the Valerian Empire, a bastard, a cripple, a forgotten shadow in the court mocked as a stain on royal blood. His existence was an embarrassment that the imperial family tried to erase, and his life was a slow march toward an inevitable, ignoble death. Reborn with knowledge of the future and a body that the curse has not yet claimed, Aric begins his ascension. The forgotten prince does not seek revenge against the family that abandoned him -- he seeks something far more devastating: relevance. Every skill they mocked, every ability they dismissed, and every potential they ignored becomes the foundation of a power that the empire cannot contain. As Aric's abilities manifest and the forgotten prince rises through the ranks of power, the imperial family that discarded him must confront the reality that the curse they feared was actually a blessing in disguise. The bastard prince who was supposed to die in obscurity becomes the most formidable claimant to the throne, and the family that called him a stain discovers that the stain was the only thing keeping the empire's colors true.
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