The Reverse of Indifference

Burned at the stake as a witch, Millicent is resurrected in secret until a commission from the queen tasks her with assassinating five noblewomen competing to become the king’s favorite. What begins as an act of personal vengeance soon entangles her with the infamous King Frederick, whose splendid mask hides a true face she was never meant to glimpse—and whose suffocating obsession turns her world upside down. As Millicent realizes she has merely been a piece moving across his chessboard, she faces a chilling truth: the bloody number assigned to her was never five.