Jacinta Ryzeftine’s life was never hers to begin with. Memories of a past existence crash down upon her, revealing the cruel truth — she has been reborn as the ill-fated third princess of the Illian Empire, a character in the tragic novel Crimson Sun. The story’s ending is certain: the guillotine waits, and so does the destruction of everyone she holds dear.

But Jacinta refuses to surrender to the pages of fate. With the weight of two lives on her shoulders, she makes a solemn vow — to shatter the prophecy that binds her and rewrite the future with her own hands.

No longer the naïve princess destined to die, she becomes a cunning player in the empire’s brutal game. Behind silken masks and shadowed corridors, she uncovers secrets that threaten to tear the empire apart. Allies emerge in unexpected places, while enemies sharpen their blades, eager to see her fall.

Time is running out, and every choice draws her closer to the story’s bloody climax. But this time, Jacinta Ryzeftine will not be the one to kneel.

Fate may have written her end, but she will write her own beginning.

The sun was already beginning to set, casting a golden glow across the dense canopy of the Pura Forest. Nestled within its shadows, a cave stood surrounded by the First Order of Knights—elite warriors serving none other than the Imperial Crown Prince Matthias and the First Imperial Princess Martina.


"This is the place, Princess Martina," one of the knights announced, kicking open the reinforced door of an abandoned factory used for cultivating Pink Blossom Flowers. Another knight shoved a disheveled man to the ground.


"Princess!" the man greeted with a crazed smile, revealing missing teeth and the burned, twisted skin crawling down the side of his neck. His thinning hair stuck to his sweat-soaked forehead, and both hands were tightly bound.


"One of the so-called blessed—able to control dual magic! A genius of the century! What an honor it is to finally meet you!" he exclaimed.


Chapter 26 - Chapter 25