“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.

"Don't tell me you used it to stamp those papers?"


Intense fear filled his eyes as they stayed locked onto mine. And for the very first time in a while, I felt totally in control.


"They say it is better to be safe than sorry. I knew this duel may never hold so I had a backup plan," I went on to say while relishing in his stunned facial expression.


"Deborah, no…" he pleaded and I frowned in surprise.


He had a defeated look for the very first time and it baffled me, making me begin to wonder if I had made the right decision or not.


"You just placed yourself in a difficult position by doing that." He said in serious concern.


"I am well aware, Lauren, I am ready for anything," I said in an uncaring manner before breaking eye contact with him.


"You will get killed," I heard him roughly say.


"Why is that any of your concern?" I asked.


Chapter 61 - Mutual pain