“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.

"It is saddening that you were not aware Peter used to bear that name, Percy. But it was for the best."


I felt like I couldn't breathe as I stared at my father in disbelief.


"Now, since you have agreed to be Queen, I have nothing to worry about anymore. Now Peter can finally be happy." He said in relief and sat back down, leaving me shocked to the bones.


I couldn't move, couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't blink, couldn't understand, couldn't say a word as I stared down at my father with tears coming to my eyes.


"What? Aren't you supposed to be happy by that news? At least you will be married to a man you knew your whole life." He dismissively said like it was nothing.


At his carefree behavior, I got extremely offended and triggered.


"That is my brother." I reminded him and he dully took a sip from the glass before leaning back on his chair like he had accomplished what he needed to do.


Chapter 97 - Her prospect all along