In the book, I'm Maid A, and I die in chapter three. The man who kills me is the crown prince standing right in front of me.
Episode 114 min 26 secFreeExit in Chapter ThreeWaking as the nameless maid destined to be cut down by the crown prince in chapter three of a novel she finished last night, Linette raises her head before that very prince and holds his teacup to the lamplight.
Episode 214 min 50 secFreeThe Ledger That Never ForgetsLynette tries to strike her name from the banquet list, and learns that law itself stops at the chamberlain's ledger.
Episode 314 min 02 secFreeWhich CorridorIn a dawn questioning line over a missing silver spoon, Lynette refuses to hide the window where she looked down on the crown prince. That evening, in a narrow back passage, he pours out the cup the ledger chose with his own hand.
Cedric BalkreaLove interestThe empire's crown prince. Ever since his mother was poisoned twelve years ago, he has never been the first to drink from a cup someone else has handled. In chapter three of the original, he cut down a maid without blinking. But this maid keeps doing things that aren't in his script.
LinetteProtagonistLast night she was reading a novel. Now she's in it, as Maid A, a character with no name. Ninety days from now, at the Moon Banquet, she'll hand the crown prince a cup, and he'll cut her down. That's all the book says about her. But she read it to the end. She knows who the real poisoner is and exactly how the blame will be pinned on her. All she's allowed to do is serve tea and scrub floors, so that's where she starts breaking her death flags one by one. And the man who never looked twice at a maid in the original keeps watching her.
Sophine de ArdennesThe real heroine of this novel. She's bright and kind, and if the story goes as written, she arrives in chapter two and wins the crown prince's heart. Lately, though, every time one of her big scenes comes around, some maid is already there.
Roche DanThe only person Cedric trusts to guard his back. He's always grinning, but that grin is how he checks you out. He was also the first in the East Palace to notice a maid doing things that weren't in the script.
Head Maid GretelThe head maid, who has run the East Palace household for thirty years. She comes down like thunder when a maid makes a mistake, but she hates seeing a maid framed even more. Once she's on your side, the whole East Palace has your back.
