Rise of the Unfavored Princess
I had thought that my life couldn't get worse when I walked in on my fiancé cheating on me with my best friend. But after a series of unfortunate events, I opened my eyes in a world that I had only read about in a webnovel, the Erudian Empire, ruled under the domineering, bloody reign of Emperor Helio. The worst part? I'm not even the main character! Reborn as Winter Royberg de la Erudian, I am the pitiful side character who is discovered to be a royal bastard princess due to a certain physical trait only the imperial bloodline possesses. But I know the end of Winter's story and the unwanted royal punching bag is framed as a witch and killed at age 16 on the guillotine due to the scheming of the cruel empress. An aloof, murder happy father? Check. Psycho half-sister? Check. Meddlesome author who wants me to follow the script? Double check! I don't want to die an early death again, so I'm determined not to ever be discovered as a royal again. But before I know it, I'm trapped in a palace of blood and opulence playing tricky games of power, games I have no clue how to win. How will I survive to adulthood in the imperial palace and get my happily ever after? And am I really the only person who fell into this world? *UPDATES 1-2 TIMES A WEEK* *1500 TO 3300 WORDS PER CHAPTER*
Ch. 211: The Silenced
Although a fire was going in the servant common room adjacent to Prince Julian's apartments, the room may as well have been packed with ice. Not a single soul amongst the kneeling servants dared to let out so much as a single breath as they quivered before the empress, fearing their fate. The only one who did not shake was an old soul who knelt at the very back, resigned to his fate.
Unlike the younger, greener servants who had been selected to watch the strange bird that resided in Prince Julian's quarters alone, he had sensed something strange afoot from the moment he had been ushered in during the dead of night under a magical vow of silence that kept him from opening his mouth.