In her first life, Bella dies by gunfire after being bled dry and betrayed by her blood relatives. Granted a miraculous rewind to the afternoon her mother enters into wedlock with the colossal Lorin empire, Bella seizes the chance to break free from her treacherous kin and anchor herself inside the city's most formidable household.
Anticipating every envious trap laid by her duplicitous younger sister, Bella dismantles their plots at elite prep academies and high-society galas. With the fierce backing of her new guardians and the possessive devotion of her aloof stepbrother Patrick, she systematically retaliates against the family that murdered her while finding genuine domestic loyalty.
