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"I have everything I could ever want: power, wealth, and a face that could launch a thousand ships. So why on earth would I waste my time chasing a Prince who doesn't want me?"
After transmigrating into the body of Eisha Clement-the infamous, jewel-toned "Villainess" of the hit novel The Rose of Oresta-Eisha has one goal: Absolute Inertia. She has no interest in the Crown Prince's fickle heart, no desire to participate in the upcoming bloody succession war, and exactly zero intention of being executed for a crime she didn't commit.
Her survival strategy? Become the world's most glamorous background character.
But the universe has a sick sense of humor.
At the Emperor's birthday banquet, Eisha spots a poisoning attempt aimed at the "innocent" female lead, Princess Alyse. In a desperate bid to change the plot and save her own neck, Eisha swaps the drinks-only to realize too late that the story is a rigged game. As the Princess collapses and the ballroom descends into chaos, Eisha finds herself at the center of a lethal conspiracy.
Worse yet, the men she was supposed to avoid are suddenly looking at her with a terrifying intensity.
The Crown Prince Cleeve, who once looked at her with disgust, is now haunted by the sight of her blood. And the cold-hearted Duke of the West, Lucius Hampton, has stopped watching the Princess and started tracking Eisha with the predatory focus of a man who has finally found a mystery worth solving.
"I just wanted to sit still and enjoy my inheritance," Eisha thinks, coughing up a fresh pool of arterial blood as her vision fades. "Is dying of a mysterious neurotoxin while being glared at by two gorgeous psychopaths too much to ask? Apparently, yes."
In a world where the heroine's "destiny" is fueled by the Villainess's blood, Eisha must navigate a court of shadows, sharp tongues, and unwanted romance. If she can't sit still, she'll just have to burn the script to the ground.
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