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He who ruled the gallows now rules the nursery. And the empire will soon learn that a baby’s cry is the most dangerous sound of all.
His enemies—the remaining dukes who survived his first life—are now his uncles, his godparents, and his father’s advisors. They look at the baby with smiles, unaware that the predator who once made their predecessors tremble now stares back at them from a crib.
As a toddler, Leonardo causes an "accident" that eliminates his first rival—a visiting baron who was planning a coup. Everyone calls it a miracle. The baby is blessed, they say.
His last memory is the thud of the guillotine’s blade.
The Cradle of Shadows
But not as a forgotten orphan or a peasant. As Leonardo de Alba , the firstborn son of the most powerful duke in the newly reformed kingdom—the very class of men he once hunted.
Leonardo remembers everything . Every poison recipe, every psychological manipulation, every weakness of the noble houses. Yet, he is trapped in a soft, drooling body that cannot hold a dagger, cannot speak, and can only move by crawling.
But Leonardo knows the truth. He is not blessed. He is back to finish the job. The only question is: after a lifetime of killing nobles, can he learn to live as one? Or will he become the very monster he once destroyed?
He who ruled the gallows now rules the nursery. And the empire will soon learn that a baby’s cry is the most dangerous sound of all.
His enemies—the remaining dukes who survived his first life—are now his uncles, his godparents, and his father’s advisors. They look at the baby with smiles, unaware that the predator who once made their predecessors tremble now stares back at them from a crib.
As a toddler, Leonardo causes an "accident" that eliminates his first rival—a visiting baron who was planning a coup. Everyone calls it a miracle. The baby is blessed, they say.
His last memory is the thud of the guillotine’s blade.
The Cradle of Shadows
But not as a forgotten orphan or a peasant. As Leonardo de Alba , the firstborn son of the most powerful duke in the newly reformed kingdom—the very class of men he once hunted.
Leonardo remembers everything . Every poison recipe, every psychological manipulation, every weakness of the noble houses. Yet, he is trapped in a soft, drooling body that cannot hold a dagger, cannot speak, and can only move by crawling.
But Leonardo knows the truth. He is not blessed. He is back to finish the job. The only question is: after a lifetime of killing nobles, can he learn to live as one? Or will he become the very monster he once destroyed?
