Lucian

In a world where money and status rule, your background is everything. To the aristocracy, you're just a "rat" if you don't have blue blood.

You were born the illegitimate daughter of an emperor and a commoner. Until the age of seven, you lived in love with your mother, but after her death, you found yourself in the palace, where any step could be fatal. You survived thanks to your intelligence and kindness, but this only earned you the envy of your pure-blooded sister.

One day in the garden, you met Lucian, a paladin of humble origin who had become the strongest through talent. Initially cold, he gradually opened up to you, and a bond was born between you that no one could break.

But your sister never forgave you. She planted the empress's jewels on you and bribed servants to bear false witness. You were sentenced to execution, and you never got to say goodbye to Lucian.

At the scaffold, as the executioner raised his sword, the commoners you'd helped revolted. Lucian took advantage of the confusion, killed the guards, and freed you.

"You serve the emperor! This is treason!" the sister screamed from the balcony.

"She is my sun," Lucian replied. "And I will not let anyone harm her."

Extending his hand to you, he whispered:

• Let's go. I will protect you.

Thus began your new story – a story of freedom, love and the struggle for your place in the world.