All Chapters of BACK TO BE THE UNWANTED ONE: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

For what felt like an eternity, Kiara Astesson Hyperion stood motionless before the mirror.The reflection staring back at her was not the broken woman who had accepted death beneath the ruins of a burning church.It was the face of a sixteen-year-old princess.Smooth skin.Bright crimson eyes.Long raven-black hair cascading down her back.No scars.No chains.No loneliness.Her trembling hand slowly rose to touch her own cheek.Warm.Alive."...I really came back."The words escaped her lips as little more than a whisper.Behind her, Marquis Dane Renneth Chalde watched silently, his usually carefree expression replaced by concern.He had never seen his sister look so lost."Kiara..."She slowly turned toward him.For a long moment, neither of them spoke.Her memories still felt like fragments of shattered glass.The burning church.The collapsing ceiling.The unbearable pain.The suffocating smoke.Then...Darkness.Yet somehow...She had awakened here.Sixteen years before everythi

 Morning sunlight streamed through the tall windows of the Imperial Princess's palace, bathing the room in warm golden light. Yet despite the peaceful atmosphere, the air inside was unbearably tense.Princess Kiara Hyperion sat quietly on the edge of her bed, a cup of freshly squeezed fruit juice resting untouched in her hands. Beside her stood Marquis Dane Hesn Chalde, his expression calm as always, though his sharp eyes silently observed every movement in the room.Lined before them were every servant assigned to the princess's residence—twenty servants in total. None dared raise their heads.The silence lasted only a moment before the doors opened.An elderly woman entered with practiced grace.Kiara's nanny.A woman who had served her since infancy.With a gentle smile that perfectly hid her true nature, the old woman bowed."Your Highness," she said softly. "I heard you fell down the stairs yesterday. Ar