In his past life, Lucas Virelli was just your average sleep-deprived author—living off coffee, deadlines, and the bittersweet hope that someone, anyone, would read his fantasy novel. But fate had other plans.

While rescuing his ex-wife's cat from a tree, Lucas takes a fatal fall… only to wake up in the worst place possible:

  Inside his own story.
  As the villainess he created.
  And she’s scheduled to die. A lot.

Now reborn as Seraphine Von Solace, the infamous noblewoman known for her sharp tongue, scandalous affairs, and cruel fate, Lucas must navigate the twisted plotlines of his half-finished novel—only this time, he’s living it. Worse? The story’s changing.

Enter the Villainess System, a chaotic voice in her head that gives bonus points for drama, missions for chaos, and the occasional, “Oops, you broke the plot again.”

And if that wasn't enough?
• The crown prince she once humiliated is suddenly... interested.
• The cold villain duke is acting way too protective.
• The sweet heroine she planned to kill off? Now wants her as a bestie—or a rival.
• And oh—the execution scene she wrote? It's tomorrow.

Armed with plot knowledge, sass, and a wardrobe to kill, Seraphine must survive tea parties turned death traps, political games with magical stakes, and steamy entanglements she definitely didn’t write into her draft.

Can an author-turned-villainess rewrite her destiny, or is she doomed to suffer every cliché she once penned?

One thing’s for sure:
If she's going down, she’s going down in style.

My heart pounded like a war drum as Caelan carried me out of the ballroom, curses still swirling in the air.


"You're not fine," he hissed, voice low but trembling, "You were just cursed in front of half the empire."


⚠️ Hidden Trait Active: Blood Oath Triggered


He kicked open the door to the healer's chambers, and that's when I saw it.


Coiling up my wrist like a rose made of thorns. Magic seared into my flesh.


"This is…" she whispered, backing away. "This is forbidden magic—a blood-bound curse. Only someone close to the royal line could've cast this."


Only three people had the power to curse me like this:


"You think I did this?" Caelan whispered, voice tight.


🧬 The world is diverging from original plot.


"You wanted to rewrite this world? Good luck surviving it."


Caelan sat beside me in the healer's room, not touching me—but never looking away.


"You think I would let anyone hurt you and live?" he said finally.


"Then why is someone trying to kill me?" I snapped, eyes burning.


He stood, fists clenched. "Because you're not playing by the rules anymore."


🎭 New Trait Unlocked: Unhinged Protector


🩸 Side Effect: He would burn the empire to save you.


A room filled with glitching lines, floating code, frozen character models.


The system stood in front of me—wearing my face.


"Hi," it said cheerfully. "You're ruining the story."


"You made the villain fall in love too fast. You kissed the duke. You glitched Aria's golden halo. This isn't how you wrote it."


"I do," it said sweetly. "So now? We're entering hard mode."


🎲 All affection routes locked behind Life-or-Death Quests


"Still alive?" he said, smirking. "Good. The game's just getting fun."


Chapter 10 - 10 CHAPTER “Broken Masks and Blood-Bound Secrets”