Azerat’s Bargain

Alex was nobody. Raised by a blind priest, mocked for his weakness, and barely surviving in a poor village, he never dreamed of greatness—only of making it through winter. Until the night the village is slaughtered. A cult attempts to resurrect the Mad King, using Alex as a sacrifice… but the ritual fails. Instead of returning to the world, the Mad King’s essence fractures—leaving a fragment trapped inside Alex. Now Alex carries the knowledge and instincts of the most feared mage in history, while still being hunted by the cult that wants to rip it out—and the Mage Order that wants to chain him down. Because the Mad King may be gone… but his golden eyes have opened once again.