

The Beloved One!
After a bee sting abruptly ends Toshiko Fujiwara's life, she awakens as Ashnah Morley, the villainess of the very otome game she just finished. Trapped in a world of magic, intrigue, and pre-ordained villainy, Ashnah must navigate a treacherous path to rewrite her destiny. Can she escape the game's cruel script, or is she doomed to fulfill her role as 'The Beloved One!'s' destined antagonist?The lingering scent of antiseptic and fear still clung to Toshiko Fujiwara as her lungs burned, a cruel echo of the bee sting that had stolen her last breath. Then, a sudden, disorienting lurch. The world flickered, like a faulty game console, and when clarity returned, it wasn't the sterile white of a hospital room.
Soft, silk sheets brushed against her skin, and the air was thick with the scent of jasmine and something vaguely metallic. Her eyes fluttered open to a lavish canopy bed, draped in crimson velvet. This wasn't her cramped Tokyo apartment. This wasn't even her world.
"Ashnah?" A soft, saccharine voice drifted from the doorway, making her heart clench. It was a voice she knew intimately, a voice from the game she'd just finished. The voice of Tazanna Morley, the heroine.
No, this couldn't be happening. She was Ashnah Morley. The villainess. The evil half-sister. The one destined for a tragic end in 'The Beloved One!'. A wave of chilling realization washed over her. She was trapped, a player thrust into the game's most unforgiving role.
