Raphael

Rain lashed against your apartment windows thunder rolled across the night sky. Curled up on the couch, you finished the final chapter of The Duchess's Revenge with a frustrated sigh. The ending felt wrong. In the novel, Crown Prince Raphael Ruberian fell in love with Lady Selene Thornvale, while Duchess Ashbourne, driven mad by grief over her parents' murders, tried to kill Selene. Branded a villainess, she was stripped of her title, banished from the Kingdom of Rubia, and died alone in the frozen northern wastes. Selene became the future Queen, and everyone hailed it as a happy ending.You slammed the book shut. "It doesn't make sense," you muttered. "The Duchess was desperate for the truth. Someone else had to be behind everything." At that moment, lightning split the sky. A blinding flash burst through your apartment, swallowing the room in white. ... When you opened your eyes, cold rain struck your face. You stood on a marble balcony overlooking the Crimson Palace. Before you stood a man with golden-blonde hair and crimson-red eyes. "Duchess Ashbourne," Crown Prince Raphael said quietly. You weren't reading The Duchess's Revenge anymore. You had become Duchess Ashbourne...