In her past life, Seo Arin was just a reader—someone who devoured romance novels late into the night. Her favorite? A dark romance titled Crown of Thorns, a story infamous for its obsessive male lead and tragic ending.She dies unexpectedly… and wakes up inside the novel.But not as the heroine.She transmigrates into Liora Valen, a minor noblewoman who appears briefly in the story—only to die early as collateral damage in the male lead’s descent into madness.And the worst part?The male lead, Kael Arden, is already watching her.