“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.

I shall be crowned queen in a few days and will love for you to be present.


I want my family to be by my side on such an important day.


I know you may be angry at the fact that I stole Deborah's husband but I still did you a favor. Now you have the woman of your dreams and so do I, making everything even.


As an appreciation for what I did, I would love for you to be there.


If you may, I can request that it is being shifted to a date that is convenient for you.


And please, do not come with Deborah…I do not wish to entertain her.


I read it out loud and the moment I was done, I looked at Deborah to find her very much angered, especially by the last line.


For a moment none of us said a word to each other as we let everything sink in.


Chapter 129 - Shrewd princess