Two hearts beating as one. Two lives hanging in the balance. Three seconds to choose between vengeance and salvation.He clawed his way out of hell itself—scarred, broken, and burning for vengeance.For years, this Guardsman rotted in a prison that shouldn't exist, tortured by enemies who should have been ash. Now he's free, and every soul who put him there will pay in blood.But first, three words stop him cold: "Please help me."She's everything he's sworn to protect—innocent, desperate, dying. Saving her means abandoning his quest for revenge. Ignoring her means losing the last piece of his humanity.Some rescues damn you. Others might be the only thing that saves your soul.