She was beauty. She was envy. She was misunderstood.In the gilded halls of Valemont, Katherine was adored and despised in equal measure. Every man wanted her. Every woman feared her. But all she ever wanted was him,the quiet boy who barely noticed her existence.On the night of the grand celebration, Katherine kissed him before an entire crowd and then drove a silver blade into her chest.Her blood spilled like a curse. Men scrambled to collect it, whispering “good genes.” The women scoffed. And the boy, the only one who truly saw her, realized too late what she meant.But Katherine’s story doesn’t end there.Sometimes, the beautiful don’t stay dead. Sometimes, they return to rewrite their fate.A gothic novella of love, envy, reincarnation, and the price of being too admired.