Ten years of blood. A lifetime of betrayal.

Lucius von Valerius, known as the "Iron Wall," returned from the trenches only to be murdered by his own brother and the wife he adored . But when he opens his eyes, he is eighteen again, back before the war, before the betrayal—and before his friend's assassination .

Determined to dismantle his enemies from within, Lucius seeks out the one person he ignored in his past life: his "sickly" ex-fiancée, Evelina.

But the woman he meets is no longer a dying noblewoman. She is Dr. Evelina, a 31st-century top-tier assassin and scientist who transmigrated into this body with her AI assistant and a knowledge of herbs. It was in her hands how to used them it can either save people or kill them. 

He is a man who knows how the world ends. She is a woman who knows a thousand ways to kill and thousand to save. Together, they aren't just changing the past—they’re preparing for a war the world hasn't even realized has begun.

"I am the sword," Lucius promised. "And I" Evelina smiled, "am the poison"

The iron-rimmed wheels of the Valerius carriage crunched rhythmically over the gravel path, leaving the Minister's estate behind in a cloud of settling dust. Inside the carriage, the air was heavy, pressurized by the presence of three powerful, complicated souls. Lucius had helped Evelina into the plush, velvet-lined seat with a tenderness that bordered on reverence—a gesture that did not go unnoticed by his older brother.


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