Burned by My Fiancé, Reborn to Rule the Dragon Court

Chapter 6

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eremonial hall, all conversation cease

the hall, his brow furrowed in a deep, angry line. Beside

glaring at me with pure hatred, while she put on her usual act of a frig

over the crowd and settled on a fra

rned dress. Years of illness had left her paler than even I was

was for her sake that I had repeatedly given in to Elara

, you finally deign to join us. Lord Kaelen has

wn brother,

g, his eyes full of reproach. He had always been

the hall, past the shocked stares of our rela

ntly embraced her.

ay of affection. She had been sidelined by Elara for so ma

e back, tears welling in her

hair before I turned to face my fat

just publicly snubbed her. "Sera, come, sit. The ceremony i

No. I will sit her

h the assembled clan. It was a direct,

My father's face

his throat, trying to ease the tension. "Well, n

was for the head of the house to announce the marr

weeping the room before lan

of the ancestors of Ho

, Kaelen stood up, i

first to my father, then turning to the crowd. "Before

n about his "near-death" experience on the battlefield a

abandon her. I trust that the tolerant and kind

egan to weep softly into her hands,

ympathized with Jacqueline; others th

o be upstaged by a junior lord at his own f

er, looked thorou

probably expected me to cry, or to acquiesce for the sake of m

e rang out, clear and stea

Sterling, are

en f

aid, my eyes locking onto

ed annulment de

igh, so everyone could

ally declare: I am unilaterally annulling my engagement to Lord Kaele

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“I gave Kaelen Sterling everything. My fortune. My family's trust. Even the military secrets that should never have left my father's hands. He swore he loved me. Then he used me to destroy my entire family. My father was beheaded for treason. My brothers died on the battlefield. My sick mother coughed up blood until her final breath. And the fortune my mother had saved for me became the stepping stone Kaelen and his precious "savior," Jacqueline Byrd, used to climb into the highest circles of the kingdom. When there was nothing left to steal, Kaelen locked me inside an abandoned manor and set it on fire. Through the flames, I saw him holding Jacqueline in his arms. She was pregnant with his child. And she was wearing silk bought with my mother's dowry. "Burn it all," Kaelen said coldly. "Leave no trace." I died screaming his name. Then I opened my eyes. I was twenty again. Kaelen had just returned from the battlefield after being declared dead for two years-and standing beside him was Jacqueline, looking fragile and innocent as ever. "She saved my life," he told me. "You will accept her." In my last life, I did. This time, I slapped him across the face. Then I burned our marriage contract. They all thought grief had driven me mad. They had no idea I remembered everything. Every betrayal. Every secret. Every scandal that had not happened yet. I knew which noble houses would fall. I knew which princes would rise. I knew the hidden weaknesses of the people who would one day control the Dragon Court. And they had forgotten something else. I was never just a wealthy heiress. I knew herbs. I knew alchemy. I knew how to survive a royal court where one wrong move could cost an entire family its head. Kaelen wanted my fortune. Jacqueline wanted my place. My stepmother wanted my mother's power. And the men above them wanted to use House Croft as another piece on their board. Let them try. I died once as their pawn. This life, I will take back my family, my fortune, and every drop of blood they owe me. And when I am finished, I won't just survive the Dragon Court. I will rule it.”