“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.

"Is this the path you want to take now?" He coldly asked.


"I am well aware." I nonchalantly said and saw him clench his jaw at my stubbornness.


"The path you want to take will cause a severe rift between us, Deborah." He warned.


"If you really know me then you would know that I don't make rash decisions, Lauren." I confidently claimed and he scoffed and shook his head at me.


In a few days, he will throw a ball for Peculiar as well as his victory in battle.


Initially, I was meant to throw a ball for him on his return from war but after seeing Peculiar and his announcement of taking up a second wife, all plans shattered.


But currently, the ball was supposed to happen after he legally marries Peculiar in the midst of the other important bodies of the kingdom; the duke, earl, viscount, marquis, count and so on.


Chapter 38 - Let the countdown begin