“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.

"LEAVE AT ONCE OR I WILL NOT MISS THIS TIME."


A cool feeling ran down my spine at his cruel words but I didn't move.


He didn't hesitate to draw blood from my cheek and now he was openly telling me he didn't mind giving me a heavier injury?


I knew he couldn't kill me but this audacity was terrifying. It reminded me of how he had strangled me just to teach me a lesson.


I couldn't believe he was doing something similar again.


Besides, I was already leaving so why was he making a big deal out of it?


And since he had challenged me, I didn't move nor did I make an effort to leave because it was quite annoying.


"Your highness!" I heard Dally call out to me in fear and that was when he let go of the arrow. However, it sounded like she was running towards me so I turned slightly to look at her and the arrow surprisingly whooshed past me, making my eyes go wide in horror.


Chapter 49 - The rift between them