Summary
Cursed since birth, Estella has spent her life in isolation. Sent as a political hostage to the imperial palace, she is destined for a grim fate—or so it seems. With knowledge from her past life, where she read this very story, she resolves to alter her destiny. Her strategy involves winning over the merciless Emperor Tariq, unraveling noble conspiracies, locating the legendary Hourglass of the Time Traveler, and securing her escape to freedom.