Unreliable Narrator's Bias

Alira Vane lies about everything. Her name(s). Her (in)ability to swim. Whether her shaman grandma predicted that not-so-graceful faceplant. She lies because Monday sucks, coffee is life, and why the hell not? It's a mostly harmless quirk until a Goddess decides her ‘talent’ is the solution to a doomed novel’s bad ending. Abducted and cast as its Unreliable Narrator, Alira is armed with future knowledge and plot-twisting lies. Her plan? Die and go home. It’s simple enough until the novel’s evil overlord binds her to his half-immortal life, deciding she’ll stay in House Ravon as his adopted daughter for reasons as inscrutable as his own villainous past. Now trapped in a grim academy arc racing toward a fiery climax with cosmic horrors and fanatic cultists out to corrupt souls, Alira must find the key to the Alchemic Bind before she’s forced to watch a world she’s growing to care about burn to ash. In a story where the narrative is both her weapon and her guillotine, will she break out, or will it break her first? Mislead Death. Deceive Fate. Gaslight the Narrative itself. What to expect: - Cat-girl MC - Light LitRPG (Ranks, Levels, and Skills without stats, EXP gains, or quick leveling) - 3+ Magic Systems Progression (Alchemy • Elemental • Roles • Artifacts) What not to expect: - Dog-girl MC Book 1 Cheating Death Written (~118k Words, 2.1k chapter length avg) M-W-F @ 9:22 A.M. ESTContent and Trigger Warning: Seemingly suicidal character. Alira may actively court death to return to her world, but no suicidal intention is involved in this.  Copyright © AbsentSomewhere, 2025-2026. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Unreliable Narrator's Bias is only posted on Royal Road, Scribblehub, and my Patreon. Any publication elsewhere is stolen and violates my copyright.