Summary
Catherine thought she knew tragedy. As a reader, she scoffed at the pitiful Queen Catherine, a minor character in a novel destined for a cold political marriage, a stolen husband, and a forgotten end. But fate has a cruel sense of irony: Catherine suddenly finds herself reincarnated as that very queen! Determined to rewrite her destiny and avoid being a mere stepping stone for the novel’s heroine, she resolves to keep King Sylas at arm’s length. Yet, the aloof king, who eerily resembles her past life’s bully, Jason, inexplicably begins to pursue her with an intensity that leaves her flustered. As Sylas’s affections grow overwhelmingly possessive and the original heroine starts to scheme, Catherine realizes her supposed background role has spiraled into an unpredictable, forced romance. The plot is straying wildly from the original, and Catherine is caught in the eye of a storm she never anticipated. Will she survive this chaotic new reality, or is she destined for a fate far more complicated than the novel ever intended? Read chapter 1 to find out!