SeraphineCrowe

Elara Lysander is an ordinary woman navigating the monotony of adulthood. Her way to unwind from all the stress of bills and work? Reading. And her favorite novel as of late has been The Day of Eternal Light, which has been all the rage lately. When the novel ends in a way she doesn't expect--with her favorite character and the novel's villain, Caspian Isyndor's death at the hands of the king and the female lead--Elara is saddened, to put it lightly. She finds herself haunted by a dream of Caspian, and when she goes to reread the book, she doesn't expect the words to glow. She definitely doesn't expect to open her eyes and find Caspian standing over her.

She learns he has summoned her after he became aware he was living in a loop and heard her sympathetic voice among the masses of voices. He believes that with Elara's knowledge of the ending he cannot remember, he can gain what he has always wanted--his brother's head on a pike and the kingdom of Isyndor in his hands where he believes it belongs. Only after she has helped him achieve this will he send her home.

As Elara is thrust into this world of magic and intrigue, she discovers Caspian is not the heartless man he presents himself to be. As they tread the uncertain path filled with dark creatures, political intrigue, and the ever-present threat of his brother's wrath, Elara must face the music: will she be able to turn the tide and give him the happy ending he deserves, or is fate a collar that cannot be removed?

Dragged Into Another World By The Obsessive Villain

Caspian reached up and brushed her hand away gently. "It's nothing," he assured her. Though his voice was as calm as ever, its usual smoothness was gone, replaced with a slight rasp as if talking was taking a great effort on his part. "I'll manage until we return."

But Elara wasn't convinced. She could see the weariness tugging at the corners of his eyes, the strain he fought to keep hidden from everyone around him. In the novel, one of the only true passages discussing Caspian's character went as follows: Caspian was a master of composure. He had to be. To alleviate his alienated mother and ensure he didn't further damage the reputation of his King father, Caspian learned to compose himself far earlier at most. He did not scream at the hands of the Queen's abuse. He did not cry as he buried his mother. He did not complain as the Queen sent him away to war. And never, not once, did he flinch as he killed his enemies.

Scalding