Looking back, it all began the day Nox van Strier turned sixteen. In a world where every teenager awakens a stigma - a mark that grants them a fragment of a god’s power - Nox receives something no one has ever seen before: the Stigma of Combination. A power without rules, without limits and without safety. What should have been a gift quickly turns into a target. A hidden organization hunts those they call “sacrifices,” claiming their actions will save the world. And for reasons Nox doesn’t understand, he stands at the center of their plans. As if that wasn’t enough, a voice only he can hear keeps pushing him to question everything, even things that should be left untouched. The deeper Nox dives into the world of magic, the more the lines blur. Allies become threats. Truth turns into manipulation. And the power he barely understands might be the very thing that destroys everything around him. Now trapped between forces far beyond him, Nox must decide: Who can he trust… when even his closest allies might turn against him? And what happens when the power to combine everything… leaves nothing untouched?
