“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.

"....my prize after I win the duel will be to sleep with you."


I blinked once then twice and saw how serious he was about it. There was no cunning smile or mischief in his eyes, just seriousness like he really meant it. Like it was something he truly wanted.


But of all things to ask for, why that?


He could easily look for ways to sleep with me…. but sincerely, I will refuse.


Yes, that's the problem. I will definitely refuse and since he saw that, he decided to do it this way. How hilarious and pitiful.


If this went out then people would laugh at the king. They wouldn't understand why he would want to duel for a night with the queen. Unless he would say something else to the public while it will remain a secret between us that the prize will still be that.


Chapter 23 - The opposing side