The Exile's Reckoning: A Grandmaster's Return

Shawn Payne, once the empire’s revered grandmaster, died shielding his mother from rebels. Reborn in Riverside as the disabled eldest son of the Payne Clan, he and his mother Vanna Payne are cast out in disgrace. Through Vanna’s sacrifices, Shawn reclaims his power—only to lose her to exhaustion. Now, carrying her ashes, he returns to demand her rightful title as the clan’s matriarch. But in a house steeped in betrayal, can honor be won without bloodshed?