THE SILENT GOD OF WAR
READING AGE 16+
He was Kael Ashborne, the youngest War God the Valerian Empire ever crowned. At 19, his blade ended wars. At 20, his silence began.Betrayed on the night of his victory. His family butchered by the Emperor he saved. His tongue cut by his fiancée, Princess Lysara Drakethorne, so his truth could never be spoken. His power sealed by his own brother, Crown Prince Darius Ashborne, who wanted his glory.They threw him into the Abyss of Exiles, a death pit for traitors. They expected him to die nameless. He didn't.For 3 years, Kael bled in silence. He learned to kill without sound. To hate without words. To become a god without a voice. When he crawled out of the Abyss, he was no longer a soldier. He was a vow. Now he returns to the Capital as a masked mute slave named "Null". The Princess who stole his voice still wears his war medal. The Brother who stole his name now sits on his throne. The Emperor who stole his family still calls him "traitor".They don't remember the boy they buried. But the Empire will never forget the God who rose.He cannot shout his innocence. So he will carve it into their thrones. He cannot speak his revenge. So he will let their screams tell the story.
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Chapter 8: The King of Ash
The first winter was cruel.
It came early, like the gods were punishing us for killing an Emperor. The ash from the Palace crater turned to mud, then to ice. The food from the Iron Dukes’ cavalry lasted six weeks. After that, we ate rats.
The nobles who survived the ……
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