Selene Astrid spent seven years as the Saint, sacrificing everything to seal the Demon King—only to be betrayed and killed by the Hero, Crown Prince Cassian. The last thing she saw was the Duke of the North dying to protect her.
   She awakens as Rosalind Thorne, the villainess executed for trying to poison that same prince. With seven years of future knowledge and her holy powers sealed in a noble girl's body, Rosalind has three goals: avoid execution, expose the fake hero, and save the Duke who died for her.
   But the Duke remembers dreams of a silver-haired saint. The timeline is changing. And someone is pulling strings from the shadows.
   This time, the Saint won't be a martyr. This time, the villainess will rewrite fate.

The walk from the detention block to the headmaster's study was a short one through covered cloisters, but it felt like a procession through a gallery of whispers. The news had spread through the Academy like wildfire. Students and faculty alike paused in corridors or peered from windows as I passed, flanked by the two guards assigned as my "protection" and with Kaelen a silent, formidable shadow at my side. Their stares were no longer of mocking pity or scandalized glee but of something heavier: awe, fear, and rampant, burning curiosity. I was no longer Rosalind Thorne, the disgraced, love-struck villainess. I was Rosalind Thorne, the woman who had stood toe-to-toe with a poisoning conspiracy and, through sheer icy logic, had walked away unscathed while a marquis's daughter was dragged to the dungeons.


Chapter 45 - Rosalind’s Counter-Attack