by Dear Rae
Sheila Williams was the world's deadliest assassin. Cold. Feared. Untouchable. Death was supposed to be the end. Instead, she awakens in the body of Princess Leila—the neglected illegitimate daughter of a medieval kingdom, despised by her family and treated as nothing more than a stain on the royal bloodline. Having spent one lifetime as a weapon, Sheila vows that this time she will live for herself. No more killing. No more orders. She wants nothing more than peace, freedom, and an ordinary life. But fate has other plans. When the Emperor of Lumina—her grandfather's oldest friend—requests her hand in marriage to his son, the Crown Prince, Leila is thrust into a dangerous world of politics, betrayal, and war. To survive, she may have to become the assassin she swore she'd leave behind...
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Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
