“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.

"Sometimes we overlook what is right before us and miss it."


I heard my mother call out to me but refused to answer as I kept coloring my drawings until she found me in my father's leisure room, lying on the carpet.


"There you are!" She exclaimed as she stood by the door and I looked up at her with an innocent look like I hadn't known she was calling me.


"Were you looking for me, mama?" I innocently asked.


"Yes, my boy. I wanted to introduce you to a friend so you will not be alone anymore. You can show your drawings to her if you wish," she suggested and my ears instantly picked at the mention of a friend.


I had been alone all my life and it was boring, especially to be surrounded by elders who couldn't play with me.


Chapter 151 - Where it went wrong (I)