Saintess’ False Halo

The Story

Evelyn’s life crumbles after a deadly avalanche on the Sacred Mountain. Celeste, the revered Saintess, fabricates a lie, claiming Evelyn cut the rescue rope and left her permanently crippled. Duke Adrian, her fiancé, believes the deception and abandons her. For three years, Evelyn endures a harsh penance, kneeling on ice-covered stone steps to secure medicine for her brother Noah and support a struggling orphanage. Upon reaching the final step of her punishment, Adrian orders her to kneel and lick Celeste’s boots. A black raven arrives with the devastating news of Noah’s death. Stripped of everything she sacrificed to protect, Evelyn tears up her atonement contract. She resolves to expose the saintess’s carefully constructed lies, dragging her flawless reputation into the unforgiving light for everyone to see.