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Gifted a candle that was said to make wishes come true, Alice Clemente burned it to find herself awake in a different world. She had wished for a life of adventure away from the city and its routine. With her wish granted, she was no longer in the 21st century and was instead lost in the middle of the Kingdom of Gladiolum, a place reminiscent of the 1800s.

With luck, she soon gained connections to the rich and powerful of this new world— the nobility. However, how much of it was good and how much of it would eventually be detrimental? After all, mingling with royals not only meant extravagance and daily parties. It also meant warfare and death. 

Caught in the middle of the two princes and other nobles, Alice would soon have to face the battle between those two royal brothers― a fight for the throne.

She had wished for adventure, after all, and she received just as such.

Kept in the center of all this, would Alice be able to emerge from the rabbit hole unscathed? Or will the overwhelming troubles of love and war be too much for her to bear?


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“And what if you, too, are unable to help?” Alice threw the question back. “What if helping would risk everything?”

Spade didn’t miss a beat.

“You are everything.”

“Don’t say things that you don’t mean,” Alice chided. “You’ll leave a trail of broken hearts.”

“And would you believe me if I say that I have no intention of breaking yours?” Spade countered. “However, mine is yours to play with. Shatter it, fix it, do anything you desire. As long as it feels the warmth of your hand, I am content.”

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A Courtyard of Roses

ALICE RAN THROUGH the winding hallways of the palace with no care in the world. She ran like the wind, as though there were beasts and monsters that chased her from behind when in all honesty, the only monster she had was the one in her head.

Without bothering to stop for anyone or care about the awful glares she received along the way, Alice sped headfirst for Hartley's office. It was the middle of the day and she knew without a doubt that both the crown prince and his trusty aide would be there, hard at work.

She had to get answers. Despite having just squeezed something more valuable out of Elise Lavender, Alice not faced a greater problem: the doctor herself had become a figment of her own imagination.

However, she was sure that she hadn't dreamed up an entirely new figure to cope with what had happened to her in the recent months. Alice had so much evidence that Doctor Lavender had been real, and she had met and talked to her on many occasions.

The Theory of Magic