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*She was the girl no one remembered — until she became the queendom’s greatest threat.*

Mina wakes up inside a novel she once read… but not as the heroine. She’s Elara — a forgotten side character with no power, no status, and a death wish.

But when ancient magic stirs in her veins and a dragon egg begins to call her name, everything changes.

In a world where women rule and only daughters bring power, Mina must rise — or be erased again.

"From The Girl Who Didn't Matter To The Queen's Favorite"

The sky above her was deep blue, too clear, too vivid. The scent of pine drifted in the breeze, and a sharp chill pricked her skin. She blinked, confusion washing over her. She wasn't in her bed. Or a hospital. Or anywhere she recognized.

She sat up slowly, her head spinning. Around her stretched a dense forest, quiet and ancient, with towering trees and moss-covered stones. Birds chirped high above, but it all felt… unreal.

Panic surged through her chest. She scrambled to her feet and stumbled to a nearby stream, kneeling down to stare at her reflection.

The face staring back wasn't hers.

Wide green eyes, a delicate nose, ash-blonde hair tangled wildly down her shoulders. A girl she'd never met—yet looked eerily familiar.

And then it hit her. The forest. The clothes. The face.

Not just any novel. The one she had read in high school — *Kingdom of Embers*. A dark fantasy filled with betrayal, bloodlines, and broken dreams. A story that ended in ruin for nearly everyone.

Mina's heart pounded. She remembered the side character—*Elara*. Barely mentioned. No story arc. A girl who simply vanished from the pages.

Her knees buckled, and she sank to the ground. *This can't be real.*

Then flashes rushed through her mind — memories that weren't hers. A rooftop. Cold wind. Tears. Elara, heartbroken and lost, about to leap to her death.

But in that final second, something shifted.

She hadn't just fallen into a story — she'd taken over a life that was about to end.

Now, inside a forgotten character, with no script to follow, Mina had one terrifying freedom: to survive and rewrite a fate that was never meant to be hers.

1 : The Edge