Elaine Astoria was meant to be a footnote in her own story. The tragic princess. The betrayed noblewoman. The girl whose heartbreak would pave the way for a better ending—just not hers.

But in a daring act of defiance, Elaine rewrote the rules. Literally.

After unraveling the fatalistic control of the Reversal Cult and rejecting the tyrannical “plot” that demanded her suffering, Elaine seized ownership of her story. Alongside Lior—the former secondary male lead turned devoted husband—she brought the cycle of doomed narratives to an end. The stars even changed shape in celebration, rearranging into a spiral: an emblem of endless possibility and forward motion. Their once-doomed castle became a place of laughter, growth, and healing. For the first time, Elaine believed she had reached her true ending.

But stories, especially ones that rebel against their authors, never end that easily.

A second lead. A defiant heroine. A story tired of being told the same way.


When Elaine was thrust into a tragic fantasy novel, she did what any self-aware protagonist would do: broke the plot, rewrote the rules, and kissed the guy she wasn't supposed to love. Now the timelines are collapsing, forgotten villains are crawling back from literary limbo, and the author herself is trying to take control.


But Elaine isn't just a character anymore-she's the glitch in the system.


With a sword-wielding romantic (who's allergic to emotional availability), an enchanted goose with a crown (don't ask), and a multiverse of rewritten destinies, CTRL+ALT+REWRITE is a romantic comedy wrapped in a dark fantasy cloak, laced with meta chaos, fourth wall breaks, and surprising emotional depth.


Second male leads getting the love they deserve


Fantasy worlds breaking their own rules


Smart heroines who write their own fate


And stories where "happily ever after" is just the beginning-


Chapter 1 - CTRL+ALT+REWRITE