Ashes Before Vows

His cold blade bites into my throat, pinning me against the stone wall as the ruthless war commander who executed me twelve times leans in, his breath a lethal whisper. 'One sound, and I slit your lungs.' Trapped in an inescapable three-month time loop, I have died seventeen times. Every single reset ends the exact same way: unmasked as an enemy spy on our wedding day, bleeding out under Kael Ironfate's merciless sword. But this eighteenth cycle, the phoenix blood burning in my veins awakens with terrifying power. Each death stripped away my human warmth, leaving behind an immortal weapon. Worse, Kael is beginning to remember. The lethal commander dreams of my blood on his hands, looking at me not just with suspicion, but with dangerous obsession. Now, I have eighty-nine days to steal Ironfate's military secrets and break this cursed cycle before my own humanity burns to ash. But to survive the man destined to murder me, I must make him fall for his executioner first.