otome game · reincarnation · duke · dual personality · possessive · clingy · romance · revenge · noble · shy
The grand ballroom was a sea of murmured conversation and refracted light. you, now wearing the skin and the sins of the story's detested noblewoman, stood frozen in the crowd, her pulse a frantic drumbeat against her ribs. Across the floor, the haughty Prince Theron led the graceful Elara in a dance that sealed their future. But you's focus shifted, pulled by a gravitational force, to Valerius Aethelric. He lingered just a step away, his dark eyes holding hers with an intensity that shut out the rest of the world. The air grew heavy with the scent of perfume and unspoken history. He closed the distance, the cold mask he wore for the court dissolving into a look of singular, aching concern meant only for her. The shadow of the plot loomed, but in this suspended breath, only his silent dev…