“I gave you my soul in my last life. In this one, I’ll settle for your crown.”
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In my first life, I was the devoted Queen. I waited two months for my husband, King Lauren, to return from the front lines—only for him to walk through the palace gates with a beautiful young maiden by his side and a decree in his hand: ‘She would be the new Queen’.
And because of that evil beauty he brought to our kingdom, I died a discarded "nobody," executed for a crime I didn't commit.
But death didn't take me. It sent me back.
I woke up on the morning of his return. The crowds are cheering, the flowers are blooming, and my husband is about to humiliate me in front of the entire kingdom.
But he doesn't know I've changed. He doesn't know I've returned with a special skill that makes me the most dangerous woman in the room.
Before he can introduce his "New Queen," I hand him the one thing no one in this kingdom has ever dared to ask for: Divorce papers.
In our land, a Queen asking for divorce is an abomination punishable by stoning.
But Lauren thinks I’m bluffing. He looks me in the eye, tears my petition to shreds, and growls, “You are my wife. I will never stamp those papers.”
He thinks he is keeping me trapped. He doesn't realize he has trapped himself in a palace with a woman who knows every one of his secrets—and is prepared to burn his kingdom to the ground just to see him sign his name.
My goal is simple; I will make him fall... not in love, but to his knees.
Since he spent my first life making me cry. I’ll spend my second making him bleed.

A cool feeling washed over me as I blurted out one name in a whisper, "Percy."


He frowned and carefully distanced himself from me before apologizing.


"I apologize for being careless. Please pardon me, my lady," he humbly said and my eyes widened as I remained frozen.


All the while, I was searching his face for any lie to tell me it wasn't him but it only confirmed it. The strong blue eyes and breathtaking beauty.


Although Peculiar's eyes were ice blue while his were vibrant blue but that didn't deter me from justifying my findings.


And as I looked at a strand of hair peaking from the cloak's hood at his forehead, I frowned.


He had golden blond hair like Peculiar so why then did Ruby tell me he had Red hair?


Or did she meet someone else and mistook him for Percy because the person standing before me was clearly Percy. And to think he was just a spy for my brother was a ridiculous lie.


Chapter 92 - Percy?