Chapter 1

During the New Year's Eve performance, to stop my husband's assistant from ruining the show, I had to suggest she needed a few more years of practice.

Little did I know, she stubbornly acted out of spite, going on stage without permission to perform a sawing a person in half magic trick.

She botched it, resulting in a tourist's death.

Jade pointed at me, sobbing, "You ruined my life!"

That very night, she jumped to her death.

My husband, Damian, covered my eyes, soothing me gently.

"It's not your fault, don't be scared."

But later, during his next tour, he invited me as a guest to experience a water torture escape trick.

As I stepped into the tank, his usually gentle eyes turned icy cold:

"Seraphina, I don't blame you."

"But you still owe Jade an apology."

The next second, countless piranhas devoured me alive, the agony unbearable, until my blood stained the water in the tank crimson.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back before the first tour.

But Damian stopped me first.

I spoke decisively:

"Interested... in playing some more thrilling magic games?"