On the day of his Awakening, Ethan Vance expected to summon a glorious beast, but the void answered instead, tearing the forgotten Tenth Beast into reality and branding him an instant pariah. Within moments of the creature's emergence, the world shifts from celebration to a nightmare of state-sanctioned violence as his own father and the imperial elite unite to erase the evidence of their ancient, blood-soaked history. Hunted across a fractured empire by the sister he once trusted and inquisitors who fear the power he carries, Ethan must unravel why his companion was struck from the records before the authorities finally silence him forever. He is no longer a sheltered noble but a walking heresy, forced to embrace the dark, forbidden potential of his beast to survive the relentless pursuit of those desperate to keep their murderous secrets buried. With his family turned against him and his life hanging by a thread, Ethan realizes that running is a fool's game, and the only way to escape the executioner is to become the revolution that finally topples the throne.