Every love story typically features four main characters.

Two protagonists who fight with all their strength to maintain their love, overcoming the two villains who oppose their happiness.

The protagonist is Alicia Nova, a sweet young girl, daughter of barons in the Empire of Artica, the second largest empire in the world, after the Empire of Galaxia.

This sweet girl was harassed by the villainess named Sabrina, simply because at the spring ball, she managed to catch the attention of the crown prince, Adrian Ferrer.

The envious villainess humiliates, mistreats, and tramples on the reputation of the protagonist, but she was never punished because her father, an influential duke in the empire, would not allow one of his two daughters to be punished.

However, that was not the case forever, as the villainess, in an attempt to kidnap the protagonist, along with her ally the villain, was caught. But guess what? The villainess emerged unscathed, and instead, her older sister Anastasia was blamed, a girl who had never even met those people.

That young woman, who never appeared in the story because she was an extra, one whom the writer of that tale called (Encanto) never described, had suffered from a young age.

She, Anastasia, paid for her sister the villainess's crimes, who justified her actions with a cheap excuse, claiming she was enchanted by her and wasn’t in her right mind when committing those wrongdoings.

The mother of this, Rosina, wife of the duke and stepmother to Anastasia, also insisted that the poor girl had enchanted her innocent daughter, and even hired a priest to lie about it.

As a result, Anastasia was imprisoned for a month in a tower, devoid of light and proper ventilation. Her father, the duke, moved heaven and earth to find evidence in support of his daughter's innocence, but her stepmother and Sabrina made it impossible for him to discover anything.

However, the more he searched, the worse the situation became for his daughter Anastasia, making her death inevitable, as well as his own, leaving his current wife with all his great fortune.

In the end, the villainess, knowing that all eyes were on her, ceased her wrongdoing, and years later, she married the villain, leaving her malicious ways behind forever.

The protagonists also married, creating a lovely family, and they lived happily ever after, with only two innocent lives lost.

A father who wished to seek justice for his daughter, and a daughter innocent of the accusations against her.

Behind the Curtain

Anastasia's life was never good; her mother, a beautiful woman from a good family, died when she was 8 years old, and two years after that woman's death, her father, Duke Mariano Alboran, married a woman named Rosina Diaz, who was a widow of the late Marquis Rogelio Diaz. That woman married because she was in ruin and, using cheap tricks, managed to marry the duke.

This woman had a daughter, and that daughter was Sabrina, from her previous marriage to the deceased marquis.

Rosina was cunning, and her goal was always to seize the fortune of Duke Mariano Alboran. For that reason, she plotted to kill Anastasia more than once, and the last thing she did to overshadow her was to enlist the help of a witch, causing the poor girl's body to undergo horrific changes.

The changes Anastasia suffered were terrifying; her body inexplicably became covered in hair, which made all the servants of the mansion feel fear when serving her, and for that reason, no one would help her.

To avoid problems, the duke himself served her and educated her as best he could, but when he was away, the little girl was at the mercy of that woman, who along with her daughter would humiliate and mistreat her.

If she refused to be a maid, Rosina would leave her without food for days, and soon she discovered that resisting her stepmother was an impossible task.

Fortunately, the life of that girl changed when she turned 18, and her father, during one of his business trips, saved a woman, who turned out to be a powerful witch.

The duke told her about his daughter's situation, and the woman offered to purify the girl's body as a form of gratitude.

When that man arrived at the mansion with the woman who had purified Anastasia's body, Rosina was very angry about it, as now the girl was well, but there was nothing she could do about it but endure in silence.

The state of that girl changed only in appearance, as behind the duke's back, she was still suffering greatly, so much so that she could not fully awaken her light magic. Her mana flow was weak, not only because her body was, but also because her will was as well.

The day before she was accused by that woman and her daughter, Anastasia had fallen down the stairs, fracturing several ribs, breaking a leg, and suffering a severe blow to the head—all thanks to Rosina, who had pushed her down the stairs. By some miracle or curse, she survived only to be captured and taken to the dungeon at just 20 years of age.

In the end, the young woman was beheaded, and her father was killed as well.

Meanwhile, Rosina and her daughter were left with the entire family fortune, just as they had desired.

It turns out that Estrella Salinas, a world-famous model, died thanks to being poisoned, and that is the reality she has to live with after her death.

Estrella Salinas with a successful life, not only because she was born into a wealthy family, but also because her doctorate in veterinary medicine and her modeling career have made her, at only 25 years old, the most important woman in England.

Her worldwide fame has made countless men want to be a part of her life, but she has only paid attention to one.

That one is Rodolfo Brito, a thirty-year-old man, who became her boyfriend thanks to a friend of hers named Eva Luna, who introduced him to her.

From the moment they met, Estrella fell in love with Rodolfo, who claimed to be a professional photographer.

After only a few months of knowing each other, they became boyfriends, or rather lovers, because that vile man is married to Eva Luna, and if he has a relationship with the young woman, it is because that woman convinced him to do it, claiming that Estrella's fame could help him grow even more in his career as a professional photographer.

It worked, because thanks to Estrella's fame, that man achieved his dreams.

Estrella not only dedicated herself to modeling, but she also had a veterinary clinic where she not only treated animals with owners, but, out of love for her career, she treated street animals, which she later put up for adoption.

That practice was a small thing for Rodolfo, but Estrella never paid attention to his prejudices, rather, she strove every day to do what she loved, and put more effort into it.

Being an only child, her parents gave her everything she wanted, and were so proud of her that during her vacations, they would travel with her everywhere and do many charitable works at the young woman's request.

Such a thing was not to Eva Luna's liking, and she and Rodolfo planned to eliminate the Salinas family completely, including Estrella.

The idea was to slowly poison the Salinas family, Estrella being the first, and for that reason, she presented the symptoms before her parents.

The first symptoms she presented were a lot of pain in her stomach, and that's why she fainted while treating a beautiful wolf she had rescued the night before.

Her assistant, seeing the doctor faint, called for help and both went to the nearest hospital, and there she was given the news that she was being poisoned and that her organs were already very damaged, so she did not have long to live.

At first she wanted to shut herself away and cry, but instead, she kept everything secret and hired an investigator, and this man secretly began to observe everyone who lived in the Salinas mansion, and secretly installed security cameras, and there he noticed something unusual, which was that the cook, at lunchtime, was putting some transparent drops in the food of the family members.

The man knows that it is poison and so he lets Estrella know, who, with the help of the detective, interrogated the woman, only to realize a terrible truth, that confession cost the cook her life.

Finding out everything this way hit her hard, and she swore revenge against those wretches who were hurting her and her family, she was going to die, yes, but she would not go alone.

The first thing she did was talk to her parents about what was happening, and took them to a private clinic for treatment, and for them it was not too late, the poison had not done so much damage, as they often did not eat at home because of their business trips and work meetings.

To justify her parents' absence, she made up that they were traveling and that they had left her in charge of the family business.

No one suspected anything, least of all the two traitors, who did not see it coming, that Estrella would ruin their lives in an epic way.

First she went after her so-called friend, who was also a model.

She, to get revenge on her, ruined her publicly on a catwalk.

How did she do it?

Half an hour earlier, Estrella prepared Eva Luna a coffee with laxatives and left it in the dressing room, since that woman, before going out to model, had the habit of drinking coffee, and by chance, such a thing took effect when she was modeling.

Which means she pooped on the runway, everyone seeing such a thing was not only disgusted, but also mocked her.

The news of what happened came out in all the national and international media, this made Eva Luna not show her face in public, because all the reporters harassed her in a bad way.

Rodolfo wanted to support her, but somehow everyone found out what kind of relationship they had, and that ruined his reputation, as being publicly Estrella's boyfriend, they branded him a bad person. Soon both traitors were left penniless and in total misery.

Everyone felt sorry for Estrella, but she was enjoying what was happening to those two and planned her next move, which was to finish them off.

For that, she, with a gun in her hands, entered the house of these two in the middle of the night, who, due to their current situation, were living in an ugly house, the gun she got in one of those slums and wore gloves so as not to leave her fingerprints on it.

Upon entering, the traitors were asleep and she woke them up with a bottle of cold water she took from her purse.

"Did I wake you up?" she says mockingly as she points the gun at Rodolfo, who upon seeing such a thing was pale, the woman beside him was no different.

"Estrella, friend, put that gun down, lest you accidentally shoot it and someone gets hurt," says Eva Luna, frightened.

"But that's the idea, to finish you miserable bastards off, how dare you poison me and my family, and now it's your fault I'm dying, but I'm not going alone," she says furiously, the betrayal of those two is the least of her worries, what hurts her most is that she has to leave this world and not see her parents again.

They, upon hearing what Estrella said, began to tremble, because their small minds never imagined in their lives to go through such a situation, and stupidly, they did not have a plan B, in case it was known what they had been doing secretly with the Salinas family.

Rodolfo played strong, and wanted to go to her and take the gun away from her and kill her, so that, in that way, no one would know about his crime.

But he received from Estrella a bullet in the chest, followed by two more, which ended his life.

Eva Luna tried to escape, but she ended up the same way as her husband.

When she finished killing those two, she set fire to the room and then left the house without looking back.

The next day the news of what happened was in the news, and no one knows what happened, they only know that the bodies of the couple were burned and the security cameras had nothing.

Of course, that is thanks to the great influence that Estrella has, who after eliminating that pair, felt good. But that well-being did not last long, since a few days later, her body succumbed to the terrible symptoms of the poison and her organs stopped working all at the same time.

She died, but before she died, she left a letter to her parents, where she thanked them for everything, and gave them instructions on what to do with the fortune she had made.

After her painful and inexplicable death, Estrella Salinas woke up in a body that was not her own.

Everything around her indicated that she was in a place different from anything she had known.

The room where she woke up was ancient, illuminated by strange objects.

She tried to get up and explore her surroundings to get her bearings, but the pain in her body made her retreat. It seemed she was injured somewhere, inside or out.

Trying to find the source of the pain, she touched herself with her hands to see what was wrong. As she did so, she felt something strange. Her body not only had superficial wounds, but it was also covered in hair.

Not believing what was happening, she summoned all her courage and got out of bed to find a mirror so she could see herself. But as she did so, she felt a strong dizziness that made her fall back onto the bed.

As she fell, memories that were not her own came flooding into her mind. Painful memories, where she clearly saw the life of the young woman whose body she now inhabited. Through these memories, Estrella saw that the young woman had suffered a beating and, by all indications, had died. How else could Estrella be in her body?

The memories kept coming, like a horror movie.

Poor Estrella was astonished by what she saw. She saw the suffering of a young woman who was nothing more than an extra in a ridiculous story she had never read, let alone heard of. And the worst part was that the young woman was destined to die at the age of 20. At that moment, she must have been almost 18, so there was little time left.

Each episode in the young woman's life made Estrella feel short of breath. Not only had she been cursed by her stepmother and treated like a servant in that mansion, but she would die, and her father would die too.

Seeing all this, bitter tears began to stream from her eyes. She had taken over the body of an unfortunate young woman, one who carried a curse.

For hours, the young woman wept bitterly, asking God to have mercy on her and help her emerge victorious from this situation. As if in answer to her prayers, a flood of ideas came to her mind, and almost all of them were about revenge.

According to her memories, she was supposed to have light magic. Most likely, her mana flow was damaged. She would have to work on that and on seeing how to get rid of all the hair on her body. After all, she was no witch. She couldn't just remove the curse.

With that in mind, she tried to sleep. But when she did, she had nightmares about the girl's life, and she woke up exhausted.

When she woke up, she noticed that it was already nighttime. Everyone must be asleep. Her body ached less, but it still ached. She didn't know how many days had passed, but judging by her current condition, it must have been about two.

Still a little sore, she got up and left the room. From her memories, she knew that she was in the room that the Duke had assigned to her. He should be on his business trip at the moment. And according to her memories, it was on that trip that he met the witch who would purify her.

She walked slowly down the hallway leading from her room and soon reached the kitchen. It was lit by the same objects that lit her room.

In the kitchen, she looked for some items that would help her make what she wanted to make: homemade wax.

It was easy to get the ingredients; the kitchen seemed well stocked.

She looked around for something to start a fire with and soon managed to do so. Then she began to make what she had set out to do.

A few minutes later, she had finished making the mixture, which consisted only of a combination of honey and sugar to give more consistency to the homemade wax.

When it was ready, she let it cool a little and then poured it into a container with a lid.

Determined, she went to the cleaning room, guided by her memories. It was through a door next to the kitchen and was also illuminated by the same stones, which, upon closer inspection, looked like light gems.

From the cleaning room, she took a new pair of scissors and some kitchen towels, and with nothing more to do there, she went back to the kitchen. There, she took the wax, poured it into a bowl, and covered it. Then, she made sure to leave everything as if nothing had happened.

Finally, she took some fruit and water and, with everything ready, went to her room. Luckily, everyone was asleep, which was better for her because it meant she could avoid any problems.

When she got to her room, she locked it and then used the scissors she had taken from the cleaning room to cut enough strips of cloth. Once she had the strips, she went to her bathroom and washed the scissors. She also washed her whole body, assuming that it must have been dirty. She was not mistaken. After the beating Rosina had given her a few days ago, the real Anastasia had died. It seemed that the woman had gone too far.

When she finished, she wrapped herself in a towel and, after drying herself completely, went to her dressing table and took out some talcum powder. She began to sprinkle it all over her body, covering as much area as possible.

It took her the longest to apply the powder to her back, but after a few tries, she finished.

That said, she looked like a ghost because she was all white.

Without thinking much, she took the wax that she had made with her hands, and then she began to apply the wax all over her body and, when she finished, she also put on the strips, and now she looked like a mummy.

Without fear of success, Estrella, who is now Anastasia Alborán, took courage, and when she was ready, she pulled the first strip.

As she did so, she felt a chill that made her shudder, and it hurt terribly, so much so that a tear escaped her eye.

When the pain subsided, she pulled off another strip, and so she continued for a long time, until she had finished what she wanted to do, which was to remove all that mountain of hair from her body. It had been awkward on her back, but she had managed it with great effort.

When she finished, she applied powder again because she would regret it later if she didn't.

When she was done, she went back to the bathroom and examined her whole body. Besides being whiter than a ghost from the powder, it was bruised and scratched, and very thin. She needed to eat more, and she most certainly needed to strengthen her body because if what she saw reflected her strength, she was in more trouble than she had thought.

After contemplating her chances of survival, Estrella, now Anastasia, left the bathroom and went to her room, where she saw the hair again, still stuck to the strips she had used to remove it. It was tough stuff. No wonder it had taken her so long to get rid of it.

Then she had an idea. She would use the hair to make a suit so that it would still look as if she was hairy. She didn't know how dangerous it might be to walk around with such a weak body.

She rummaged in her bedside table for needle and thread, and lucky for her, she had everything.

So, without delay, she looked in her closet for something that would work. There, she found an old dress.

She set to work, mentally measuring her entire body. Then, she ripped the dress into many pieces, and then, very delicately, she began to gather the hairy strips and sew them onto the fabric of the dress.