The Stolen Phoenix Fate

Synopsis

I am Lillian Grace, born with a phoenix fate and destined for wealth and power. But on the night before my coming-of-age ceremony, my personal maid, Faye Palmer, used forbidden magic from the western desert to steal my destiny. She traded me her lonely beggar's life and took mine for herself. After the swap, she wore my face and became the true eldest daughter of Grace Manor. With the phoenix luck she stole from me, she entered the Crown Prince's Palace and rose from a low-ranked concubine to a royal consort, living in glory. And me? She framed me for stealing the family's pendant, had me beaten half to death, and threw me out into the dead of winter. I was dumped in a mass grave and turned into a beggar anyone could bully. Later, to secure her stolen identity, she joined hands with Prince Julian and forged letters accusing my father of treason. My entire family was sentenced to death. More than three hundred people. Not one survived. On the day of the execution at the Execution Gate, Faye Palmer stood above me in fine clothes, looking down at me like I was dirt. She had my tongue cut out and forced me to watch my father and brothers die. She made me look at the white mourning cloth where Lady Evelyn had taken her own life. In the end, she crouched beside me, laughed in my ear, and said, "Lillian Grace, so what if you were born lucky? Didn't an orphan like me steal your fate anyway?" "Your phoenix luck, your riches, and your family's lives are all mine now." "Until the day you die, you'll be nothing but a worthless beggar."