“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 am afraid you can't, my lady. The king is currently dining with the queen and wouldn't like to be disturbed." The royal guard informed me of my inquiry and I frowned in confusion.


How was he dining with her all of a sudden?


So why were they still dining with each other?


Besides, he was still yet to have her punished for practicing witchcraft.


When he had stormed out of the throne room after I revealed to him about the queen practicing witchcraft, I was expecting immediate effect but everything remained calm, making me wonder what she must have said or done to him.


Turns out the queen wasn't an easy person but that won't deter me from my goal.


She may still have Lauren wrapped around her finger but I, on the other hand, had him in my grip.


"Will the queen really duel with him?" I curiously asked because it still felt foreign to my ears.


Chapter 24 - Caught red-handed