After losing her crown, her family, and her very life, Queen Seirena Hunter opens her eyes to a shocking scene—she has returned to the past, ten years before her murder, right after her parents' deaths. “Is this really… me, at nineteen again?” Given a second chance, Seirena refuses to walk the same tragic path. No longer willing to be manipulated, she resolves to protect her younger brother and rebuild her family’s honor. This time, she chooses a completely different destiny: rising through the ranks to become a Chevalier, the empire’s highest and most respected class of knights. “I won’t repeat my past mistakes. This time, I’ll forge my own future… and become the empire’s strongest Chevalier.” While she devotes herself to mastering the sword, a man appears before her—the enigmatic and powerful Knight Commander, Ash Graywind…