Summary
The family’s guardian stone selected me, the illegitimate daughter, over my conniving half-sister. Their sudden warmth made me believe I was finally embraced. But betrayal in death unveiled the truth—my engagement was a sham, engineered by my sister to seize the stone.
*[Wouldn’t you avenge such deceit?]*
I accepted a dark pact. In this life, I will claim what is mine and rule the family, returning every cruelty tenfold. Trust is a luxury I cannot afford—until his tormented gaze unsettles my resolve.
*”No matter what, don’t stop running.”*
Even as I perished, he struggled to reach me. The man I loved stood idle, yet you—my sister’s instrument—raced desperately toward my fall. What was genuine in this web of lies?