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“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 her efforts, the villain’s fate followed the same tragic path as in the original story.
When Renéeve awakes after her death, she seizes her second chance. In order to escape her doomed ending, she volunteers to become a hostage bride in a peace treaty between empires.
However, the man she must marry — the enemy emperor, feared as a war-mad butcher — turns out to be nothing like the rumors suggest.
“You seem cold. If you need warmth, I could share mine with you.”
He is attentive.
“Do you need me to carry you in my arms to help you down from the carriage?”
He is gentle.
“Was it difficult to fall asleep alone? Perhaps you longed for my embrace.”
And far too audacious!
The deposed empress’s new life begins, not with despair, but with a dangerously tender husband.
