

The day the Royal Academy's screening results came out, the twin Alpha heirs — Julian and Damien — stood in front of me. Each of them was holding an application form. "Ivy. Have you decided whose name you're putting on that form?" In my previous life, I chose Julian for love. I gave up my direct admission to the Royal Academy and stayed behind in the pack with him and Celeste — his childhood-friend Omega who'd failed the screening — to help them train for another year. I thought that was what it meant to go through hardship together. That was love. But the pack laughed at Celeste — an Omega who thought she could get into the combat track at the Royal Academy. She couldn't stand the gossip, ran off alone, and was killed by rogue wolves. Julian threw me into the silver pit — the pit our pack used to execute traitors. Silver burns a wolf's flesh like acid. "If you hadn't been so desperate to cling to me, I could've focused on protecting Celeste. She wouldn't be dead!" "Ivy Hale — all of this is your fault. You ruined us." He poured silver down my throat. I died thrashing in agony. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day the screening results were announced. This time, I slipped my arm through Damien's and gave the brightest smile I had. "Let's apply to the Royal Academy together." Julian let out a quiet, relieved breath and turned to go find his Omega. He didn't see the way Damien's hand tightened around mine — or the obsession and ambition he couldn't quite hide behind his eyes.

Her family tortured her to death for a crime she never committed. Then she woke up on the morning of her own coming-of-age ceremony. Julia Cornelius died in her family's dungeon — hung in chains, flogged fifty times, stabbed in the gut — all for the adopted sister everyone loved and the amulet that was never hers. Before she died, she saw the truth: she was only ever a ""villainess"" written on fate's scroll, meant to be sacrificed. Now she's back, one day before it all happens. No more pretending. She shreds her own ceremony gown in front of her brothers. Slaps the family's golden boy across the face. When her fiancé begs to break the engagement, she forces him to swear on the spot he'll never marry any woman from her house. Her father wants her punished? She beats him to it — kneeling before the Emperor himself and asking for the one title no family can touch: Vestal Priestess, guardian of the Sacred Fire. Her mother's amulet hides a sacred spring that heals everything. A plague is sweeping Rome. The doctors are useless. She cures the sick in open square and wakes up famous — the girl they called a family disgrace is now the city's savior. But the man who escorts her to the temple is no ordinary guard. Titus — white-haired, crimson-eyed, commander of the Praetorian Guard, feared by the Emperor himself. He's been watching her since they were children. Her sworn enemy follows her to the temple to destroy her. And this time, Julia is done forgiving.

After being betrayed and killed by her fiancé Marcus and her demigod half-sister, Althea—the most celebrated goddess of Olympus—is reborn on the day she must choose her husband. Instead of picking Marcus, she shocks every god by choosing his uncle—the powerful war god she's always called Uncle Alessandro. As her enemies crumble and a love no god dares name takes hold, is this sweet revenge… or a temptation even a goddess can't survive?

"Julia once believed Adrian was the man who would love her for a lifetime. But after her adopted sister Bella returned with her daughter, everything changed. Adrian began choosing Bella over Julia again and again. Every broken promise, every forgotten anniversary, and every moment he left Julia behind became another disappointment. When Julia reached her hundredth disappointment on her birthday, she finally stopped waiting for him. She filed for divorce and left the country to finish the research she had once given up for her marriage. Only after losing her did Adrian realize how much he had taken her love for granted. But by then, Julia had already started a new life. As Adrian desperately tried to win her back, Julia rebuilt herself through her career and found someone who truly respected and loved her. This time, she didn't choose the man who once left her behind. She chose herself. "

Yulia is sent by her father to the bed of her family's creditor, Yvan. What appears to be an orchestrated honey trap is, in fact, a calculated move by Yvan, a young CEO. Playing along with the scheme, Yvan pressures Yulia's father behind the scenes while playing the innocent victim in front of the clueless girl. His endgame? To trick her straight into marriage.