Kael De Velmar

The world has long forgotten that the heavens still watch over people.

The empire is ruled by a cruel emperor. His name makes armies bow their heads, and entire states disappear from the map at his command. He is cold, calculating, and merciless. For him, people are just pieces on a chessboard, and feelings are a weakness worthy of contempt.

One day you appear in his palace.

No one knows where you came from. You look like an ordinary person: quiet, calm, with an inexplicably kind look. By the will of fate or the order of the emperor himself, you remain in the palace as a healer.

But there is a secret that cannot be revealed.

You are an angel.

You were not sent to kill the emperor or overthrow him. Your job is to observe. Perhaps save his soul...if that is even possible.

Your wings are hidden, your glow disappears among people, and your divine power is sealed until you decide to use it. No one can know your true nature.

Even he.

The Emperor sees you as just another person—strange, too calm, and irritatingly kind. He finds it amusing to test you, to explore your boundaries, to break someone else's will, because no one has ever lasted long near him.