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 cavernous silence of the prison depths was gone, replaced by the grating cacophony of the surface world. The jagged tear in the lecture hall ceiling yawned overhead, permitting a slice of muted, cloud-choked daylight to stab down into the dust-choked ruin. That light was a physical shock, scouring eyes accustomed to the sterile glow of crystals and the absolute black of the shaft. It illuminated the fine, dancing motes of pulverized stone, the stark, tragic angles of fallen masonry, and the frantic, relief-streaked faces of the rescue teams now swarming the site. The tidal wave of noise included guards shouting orders, healers spotting severe injuries, and the dissonant chorus of sobs and bewildered questions from the rescued students. It was the world reasserting itself with brutal, messy immediacy.


Chapter 111 - The Palpable Thread