Dying in a plane crash felt like a mercy until I woke up as the sacrificial lamb in a twisted political game. I am Rudbeckia de Borgia, a minor villainess doomed to die by the hand of the very man I just married, the legendary Northern Paladin Iske van Omerta. My family is a nest of vipers, my new home is a frozen fortress of suspicion, and my husband looks like he would rather execute me than look at me. To survive, I have to play the part of the lovestruck, harmless wife, masking my trauma with a fake smile and burying my fear under a layer of fragile innocence. Every day is a desperate tightrope walk between winning over the cold people of the North and keeping my abusive past from dragging me back into the dark. I am exhausted from being a pawn and terrified of being discarded, but I will do whatever it takes to make Iske choose me before my time runs out. Will this desperate facade finally lead to the protection I crave, or am I just waiting for my husband's blade to fall?

Manhwa, Isekai, Romance Fantasy, Villainess, Arranged Marriage, Trauma, Political Intrigue, Slow Burn, Hurt Comfort, Webtoon