Alice Beaumont was an ordinary girl with an unremarkable life-until tragedy struck. Caught in a sudden explosion, her life was snuffed out in an instant. But death was not the end. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself reborn as Charlotte Everthorne-the infamous villainess of the very novel she once read. The cruel, cold-hearted princess of the Eldoria Kingdom, fated to meet her demise at the hands of the male lead. Armed with the painful knowledge of her inevitable death, Charlotte refuses to accept the fate written for her. With every calculated step, sweet smile, and carefully chosen word, she is determined to rewrite her destiny. But changing the story is not as easy as it seems-especially when the people around her expect the same wicked villainess they've always known. With danger lurking at every corner and the story's plot threatening to trap her, Charlotte will do everything just to not die-even if it means playing the villainess in a different way. Because this time, she won't let fate decide her ending.

"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