Gerah stared at the flickering candlelight, her breath trembling. The words in her enchanted notebook were gone—vanished. But her heart still pounded with the memory:
“Side characters aren’t meant to fall in love with the prince.”
She wasn’t just part of her novel anymore…
Someone—or something—was rewriting it from within.
Elsewhere in the palace, Anya, Gerah’s loyal maid, watched as Mara passed by in her usual arrogant stride. But something was different.
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“She’s… glowing,” Anya whispered.
That night, Gerah was drawn to a mirror in the old wing of the castle—one she had never seen before.
As she approached it, the surface shimmered. Her reflection looked the same—same eyes, same gown—but the expression was… off. Almost cruel.
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“Who are you?” Gerah whispered.
Her reflection blinked—and answered back.
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“You were never meant to exist. You wrote me. You stole my story.”
Gerah stumbled back in horror. But the mirror pulled her closer, voice like velvet.
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> “You think the prince loves you because you’re special? No. You’re a glitch. A misplaced paragraph.”
Suddenly, the mirror cracked—just slightly—and the air turned cold.
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Meanwhile, Prince Xavier was in the royal library, flipping through the same novel Gerah once authored—now mysteriously appearing in the palace.
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But one chapter was missing.
“Gerah,” he whispered. “Why does it feel like I’ve known you… even before you arrived?”
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At the same time, Jiru visited Dahlia, who handed him an old note she found in the servant’s quarters.
"Side Princess: Real name—Gerah from Realm Beyond."
“She’s not like us, is she?” Jiru whispered.
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“No,” Dahlia replied, her eyes wide.
“She’s from the other world.”
Gerah places her hand against the mirror, and this time, it doesn’t reflect her at all. It shows Mara—laughing, victorious—wearing a crown that wasn’t meant to be hers.
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And in the corner of the glass, faintly glowing:
Chapter 15: The Girl Who Wasn't Written In.”
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