Scarlett Tessler has always lived in the shadows-forgotten, powerless, and scorned by a family that never wanted him. In a world where status is determined by class and magic, Scarlett is a Class D: the lowest of the low, a boy with no gifts and no future. His days are filled with backbreaking labor, and his nights haunted by the scars of his past. Caught between his family's cruelty and a destiny far more dangerous than he ever imagined, Scarlett must navigate a world where survival means learning to wield the very strength he's been denied. In a world of magic and cruelty, what happens when the forgotten finally rise?