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Beatrice Da Ville was meant to be the villainess. Arrogant, cruel, and doomed to die. But when a 21st-century woman wakes up in her body, she refuses to meet that fate.

Avoiding execution should have been simple: keep her head down, stay out of trouble, and let the story run its course. But the world refuses to let her disappear. The nobles are always whispering about her, the royal family won’t leave her alone, and worst of all—the cold, calculating Crown Prince keeps watching her like he knows she’s up to something.

But the deeper she gets entangled in the kingdom’s growing tensions, the more she realizes something terrifying. This story was never just about the heroine and villainess. And if she’s not careful, she won’t just die. She’ll play right into the ending that was always meant for her.

If the script won’t let her live, then she’ll just have to rewrite it herself.

The Villainess Refuses to Follow the Script

The afternoon sun streamed through the palace windows, casting golden light across the polished marble floors. The air was unusually still, thick with the quiet lull of a court settling into routine.

She had spent too much time wrapped up in her own thoughts, replaying everything. She needed something, anything, to distract herself before she drove herself insane.

So when a servant mentioned that Princess Lila was in the training grounds, Beatrice didn't think twice before heading there.

She wasn't sure what compelled her. Maybe it was boredom, maybe it was the need to get out of her own head. But as she stepped onto the sunlit grounds, she found herself hesitating.

Lila was in the middle of a sparring session.

Chapter 53