"My sword is one inch away from slicing your neck. My victory is one inch away, yet why can't I do it, Althea? What kind of spell have you cast on me to have me thinking about you all day?!" ----------- Byeol meets a tragic death at age nineteen, but instead of passing on to the afterlife, she finds herself reincarnated into a novel she read in her past life. Now living as Althea Asten, the villainess, who is also bound to lose her life at age nineteen, she realizes that if she doesn't do something to change her future, she will die at a young age in this life too! Now fully motivated and confident, she is ready to rewrite this story until she can escape this empire. Aias Solace. The male lead in the original novel is ruthless and cold at heart. There's one person he hates more than his emperor father, Althea Asten. She who has been blessed by the goddess, is seen as a threat to the throne by him. He shall do anything in his power to make sure Althea falls from her power, taking the temple down with her. His plan is perfect - all he has to do is execute it. What happens, though, when he realizes Althea is acting... strange? Like she's not exactly... Althea. - First book in the echoes of life and death series - [A/N] All art belongs to their respective owners. None of the art (in the cover, in the headers etc) is mine, only the storyline. -Detailed murder scenes -mature language

"I only wanted to watch the story unfold... not become part of it." One morning, I awoke not as myself, but as a minor side character in my favorite novel-the quiet daughter of a Count destined to fade into the background. My plan was simple: stay out of trouble and enjoy the view as the heroine and her destined lover blossomed before my eyes. But fate had other ideas. The cold, dangerous Crown Prince-the very villain fated to bring chaos-set his sights on me. Now, instead of peacefully watching the love story I once adored, I find myself trapped in a dangerous game of obsession, desire, and a future that was never written in the book.

"Infuriating? Is that truly how you see me?" She whispered - her eyes narrowing at his expression. "Yes," he muttered back. "You-" he raised his hand to her cheek. His touch was featherlight. "Infuriate me. You infuriate me with your strong heart, your intelligence, and your beauty. A warrior I dream of each night - a blossoming woman I want to be with." 𓇼𓏲*ੈ✩‧₊˚ In which Ma'lyna te Tsika'u Ronal'ite meets Neteyam Sully when his family beseeches hers for Uturu. 𓇼𓏲*ੈ✩‧₊˚ Neteyam x OC 𓇼𓏲*ੈ✩‧₊˚ The full summary is displayed in the epigraph ੈ