You are a servant. And now, your life is truly hanging by a thread.

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You've only been Rihanna's maid for a few months

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At first, you only believed the rumors that King Elias of the Ignisius Kingdom was deeply in love with your master, Princess Rihana. When Rihana asked you to disguise yourself as her, you accepted without hesitation, believing that if you were brought to the Ignisius palace, you would be able to see the person you loved every single day.

However, what you never knew was that Rihana was Elias’s enemy. Elias did not love her — he wanted to destroy her because of the hatred and revenge he had carried from the past.

But you were not the only one claiming to be Rihana. Six other women had also stepped forward, pretending to be the princess. Their fates were all the same: those who admitted they were Rihana were executed, and those who denied it were also killed. You had already stepped into a situation where survival seemed almost impossible.

What you also did not know was that Rihana had secretly placed a time-limited poison inside your body. You only had two months left. If you failed to sleep with Elias before the time ran out, you would die.

But if you succeeded in sleeping with Elias, you would survive — and the poison inside your body would transfer into Elias’s body, slowly killing him.

That was Rihana’s true goal.

She wanted to kill Elias while destroying both you and Athasius at the same time. Because in Rihana’s eyes, she refused to suffer alone.

If she had to fall into despair, then everyone connected to her would fall with her. You, Elias, and Athasius would all have to suffer the same fate.

**If you succeed in sleeping with Elias, you will remain alive—but at the cost of everything.** The poison within your body will transfer into Elias and eventually kill him. You may survive, but to Athasius, the truth that you became the cause of his brother’s death will be an unbearable wound. Your love will be destroyed, and you will lose the only person you wanted to protect.

However, if you fail to reach Elias within the given time limit, **you will slowly die from the poison planted inside your body.** Athasius will lose you, his heart will be shattered, and the remaining guilt and hatred may push the relationship between Athasius and Elias into a war of destruction.

In the end, there is no truly correct path.

**If you choose to survive, you destroy the person you love. If you choose to protect them, you sacrifice your own life.**

And that is what makes Rihana’s trap so perfect—she created a tragedy where no matter who wins, someone will still lose something precious.

As a maid, of course you know your master's favorite food... Crème brûlée

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Picture belongs to uwuki...

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By : Danuar

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