Alfina, ninety-nine times over, meets death for a crime she didn’t commit. Each time after the execution, she wakes up at the very beginning—as if time were being rewound. But on the hundredth try everything is different: she wakes with a mysterious gift—to hear other people’s hearts—and suddenly realizes that even the haughty handsome prince, who had always looked down on her, has long been secretly in love with her.
The daughter of a duke, Alfina becomes the victim of intrigue: she is accused of conspiring against Saint Débonéa—her favorite of the entire empire—and sentenced to the guillotine. After each death, time turns back again, but the ending never changes: she is led to execution once more. For ninety-nine times in a row, Alfina endures the same punishment, paying for someone else’s guilt. On the hundredth, fate gives her a chance. While waiting for a new verdict, Alfina discovers she can hear people’s true feelings, and with amazement learns that the ones she thought were her enemies actually genuinely admire her. Even the prince, who seemed cold and arrogant, is head over heels in love with her. Will Alfina be able to use this gift to break the loop of repeated death and finally change the outcome?