Tithe at the Gallows

The story follows Victoria, the daughter of a duke dethroned by the empire. Forced to flee to the nearest imperial base due to an altercation, she discovers her father is listed as dead in imperial records. Determined to uncover the truth and avenge her family, Victoria sets off to the family manor and learns of the town's werewolf problem. She organizes a mob to exact revenge, but the plan goes horribly wrong and Victoria finds herself imprisoned by the empire.

Offered a choice between a trial she would surely lose or conscription into the military, Victoria chooses the latter and begins a grueling training course. Along the way, she meets a man named Rhys, whose boundless optimism meshes with her biting sarcasm, and they quickly become friends. But as Victoria excels in her training and earns the attention of a powerful minister, she begins to question her friendship with Rhys and the true motives of those in power.

As Victoria is pulled deeper into the empire's inner workings, she discovers a dark plot to overthrow the empire's leader, the Sovereign, and must navigate a web of lies and deceit to uncover the truth and protect those she cares about.