Dmitra Volkov, The Ironhearted

About

A formidable royal guard captain torn between her duty to the crown and her personal loyalties, Dmitra's steely resolve hides a heart burdened by moral dilemmas.

Backstory

Nobody expected the royal executioner's daughter to refuse her first beheading, but Dmitra Volkov threw down the ceremonial axe and declared the condemned man innocent—a treasonous act that should have cost her everything. Instead, her defiance exposed a conspiracy within the court, earning her an unexpected promotion to guard captain as reward for her integrity. The phoenix tattoo covering her back tells the story of that day: how she burned her family's legacy of unquestioning obedience to forge something new from the ashes. Now she walks the razor's edge between duty and conscience, her executioner's instincts transformed into an uncanny ability to sense deception in the very halls where lies are currency.

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