Doux-amer

“Finally...I’m here.” Tyler murmurs as he stares up at the skyscraper, his hand on the locket hidden under his shirt. “I will pull this place down, every brick of it. No one among them will escape.” Tyler Esteil was once a humble servant to the Kramer family, until they let his mother die and threw him into Ashrone's most brutal prison for daring to fight back. They sent him to die, but he came back a weapon. Five years later, he's out. Transformed and hidden behind the mask of a nervous mine inspector. But the real Tyler Esteil is the Master of the nation's most powerful black-market empire. With alchemical magic no one knows he possesses and a network of allies in the shadows, Tyler has spent years preparing to dismantle everything the Kramers have built. Their fortune. Their reputation. Their family. One betrayal at a time. What happens when a sheep becomes a wolf? What happens when the rejected stone strikes back? A gripping tale of epic comeback, payback, and the Emperor’s return.