Lizz was obsessed with the romance novel Crimson Empire, particularly its brooding villain, Demon Lord Valerian.  Then, a rooftop accident changes everything.  She finds herself reborn as Elara, the novel's doomed second lead, whose sole purpose is to die tragically and fuel the hero's revenge.  Armed with her knowledge of the story, Lizz is determined to survive.  But her plans take an unexpected turn when she finds herself drawn to Valerian, the very man who's supposed to kill her. As Lizz navigates the treacherous court politics and unravels the secrets of Crimson Empire, she discovers that love can bloom in the darkest of places, even if it means rewriting the ending entirely.

The profound sense of limitless ascendancy, the resounding symphony of reclaimed unbounded flourishing, had settled into a steady, vibrant harmony within Elara and Valerian, a powerful testament to their victory over the Architect's attempts to constrain their potential, a beacon of boundless evolution in the face of manufactured limitations. Yet, they knew the Architect's control extended beyond the realm of growth, reaching into the very core of their shared history. He sought to erase their very memories, to obliterate their history, to create a world where the past was a blank slate, where every being was adrift in a sea of fabricated timelines.


Chapter 66 - The Vault of Vanished Memory, Phantoms of Obliterated History, the Architect's Amnesia Engine, the Reclamation of Collective Remembrance, and the Reconstitution of Temporal Legacy