“You’re nothing more than a wealthy mistress.” To him, she was nothing more than that. a false mistress brought in to avoid marrying the queen. a savage princess from the barbarian tribes. the daughter of his enemy. And yet, Sveta’s heart belonged to Aiden. “Until I speak to you first, you will remain silent.” A…
“The Empress must bring in a consort who can give me an heir.” Those were the cruel words that her ex-husband spoke to Reneve, even before she had recovered from losing their child. She had spent ten years living inside the body of the so-called villainess, trying tirelessly to mend their broken bond. Yet, despite…
“Will you throw yourself down?” That night, the Crown Prince saved Leda, only to betray her. Prince Jupiter of the Greitz Empire had conquered Edelin and forced it into the Empire’s grasp. For one fleeting night of festivities, Leda, daughter of Edelin’s lord, shared sweet moments with the mysterious man beside her… until she discovered…
“I will divorce you, Selaia Tran.” Having been abandoned by her husband, Hendrick — who seized the throne through rebellion — Selaia leaves the capital with the child born to his late mistress. However, her former husband’s daughter, Esperote, possesses a strange gift. “What were you doing, Rote?” “Eating the sandwich Vera made for me…
One winter, a revolution broke out. My father was purged, and my brothers were dragged off to the camps. My mother passed away, unable to bear the shock, when I was only fifteen. Then, one winter, I met Jurgen. He was a man like winter itself. I was seized by a foreboding: just as the…
She had thought the servant was just an immature young man until he unwrapped the bandages around his chest in front of her husband and revealed that he was actually a woman. Even in a loveless political marriage, witnessing her husband commit adultery was wretched beyond words. “It will only be for a while, so…
She was no different to the livestock they kept. She was just a duke’s household chambermaid. She was the Silverdust family’s caged possession. For thirteen years, Ines had clung to her love, enduring every insult and humiliation. But tonight, she would end it. “I loved you, Lucien.” It would be just another confession that would…
Aisha, Count Parden’s youngest daughter, had loved Ian Lloyd since childhood. “Aisha? Have you been well?” Despite her long-standing love for him, she had suffered deeply from the wounds he had inflicted — his cold indifference and careless treatment had become habitual. “I’ve been well.” Even after six months apart, Ian was as distant as…
“There can be no love in this marriage.” With her heart feeling as though it were on the verge of collapse, Selena stared towards the ceremonial hall. Everyone called her the Marquis’s ‘treasured jewel’, adoring her beyond measure. But the truth was entirely different. She had spent her childhood imprisoned on a remote island, existing…
“You have a noble appearance, which is unfitting for your station.” She had a noble appearance that did not suit her station. That was the reason he had bought her. “Turn the girl’s face. I need to check for any flaws.” To him, Breti was nothing more than a useful object, nothing more, nothing less….
“You should at least let me have my revenge before you die.” At those softly muttered words, her heart dropped with a heavy thud. The hand cradling her head had already lost all warmth. “I thought you were dead.” A fleeting smile brushed across his cold face. It was relief that he hadn’t lost the…
I became the spoil of the man who trampled and burned everything I had, the conqueror who killed the only sibling I ever loved in this world. “You’ll still have to accept me, Isabel.” Life was hell, but I had to endure. I had to survive until the end. Just as my sister prophesied, I…