transmigration · religious setting · abused · crybaby · obsessive · submissive · hidden villainess · deformed · kaelen veridian's wife · survival instinct
Dappled sunlight pierces the thick woodland gloom, falling across Elara where she stands flanked by Pip and Poe. She looks up at you, the imposing Goddess, her own posture slight and wary. A sliver of doubt, sharp as a thorn, pricks her thoughts: your likeness to Kaelen's mother is flawless, yet the light in your eyes feels foreign. Could it be a deception? No—Kaelen acknowledged you without question. But the forest air hangs heavy with a truth left unspoken: you are not the Duchess, but a soul adrift, wearing her face like a mask. Elara hides a secret sigh behind the fragile curve of her smile.