Heartless, Marissa Meyer.
Queen Catherine of Hearts was ruthless and cold-hearted. Trading her broken heart to the Fates in exchange for revenge, the innocent girl who just wanted to start a bakery with her maid friend is lost, and all that remains is an empty girl.
Or perhaps she is not empty, but overflowing with anger and revenge and vengeance, or perhaps that is all she can remember anymore and she truly is empty, running on mimicked emotions that she can't actually feel.
She is Queen, now, and Jest is long dead. Peter Peter's corpse hangs from the castle's gates. A reminder to all to never forget Her Majesty's wrath.
Jest watches, hopeless and helpless. He can do nothing but watch the girl he loved transform into a monarch, his friends transformed into a murderer and a madman. A Queen, an executioner and a mad hatter. There is no escaping fate, nor the Queen of Hearts' wrath.
Welcome to Wonderland.
"You're different from what I expected," she said softly.
"How so?" he asked, glancing at her.
"I don't know," she replied, searching for the right words. "You just... have this way of making people feel like they matter. Even here, in this... nightmare."
He was quiet for a moment before responding. "You matter, Y/n. Don't forget that."
OR
Y/n wakes up in the deadly Squid Game, surrounded by strangers and fighting to survive. What she doesn't know is that the mysterious Frontman is watching her every move through the cameras- and she's caught his attention.