“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 hurried all the way to the garden because that was the only place we grew flowers.


I held a lantern with me and on getting there I looked around for a purple flower but the more I searched, the more I got frustrated because there was none.


"What are you searching for, my love?" Peter asked as he followed me.


"A purple flower. I need it!" I hastily replied as I kept looking but when I found none, I grew restless because Ruth will soon come for me.


"I need to see father," I swiftly concluded and hurried away and Peter followed with questions.


"You woke up looking strange and now you are looking for a purple flower all of a sudden? What for?" He asked in confusion.


"For my safety!" I answered and walked faster.


The flower was a glowing one and it was purple but why was I suddenly feeling like it wasn't a flower but something else.


Could it be in the form of a key, perhaps?


Chapter 179 - Looking for her (I)