After dying in a mundane car accident, ambitious project manager Elena Voss awakens in the body of Seraphina Valtoria , the infamous villainess of the romance novel she once binge-read. Destined to be executed at twenty-one after bullying the beloved heroine and alienating every powerful man in the empire, Sera has only one goal: stay alive.Determined to avoid her fated doom, she resolves to steer clear of all the capture targets the charming Crown Prince, the honorable Knight Commander, the Archmage, and especially the terrifying Duke Adrian Blackthorn, the man rumored to have secretly orchestrated her death in the original story to protect the heroine.But something is wrong.Duke Adrian Blackthorn, the cold and ruthless Northern Duke with silver eyes and a reputation soaked in blood, was supposed to despise her. Instead, her bizarre behavior catches his dangerous interest. The man who once planned her downfall now watches her with growing fascination and something far more possessive.When an arranged engagement binds Sera and Adrian together for political reasons, the lines between survival and genuine attraction begin to blur. As Sera slowly unlocks the suppressed magic within her new body, she discovers a horrifying truth....