Burned by My Fiancé, Reborn to Rule the Dragon Court

Chapter 8

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venom before turning her attention

h to bring her down. She had been managing this house

dy Eleonora, who was watc

he assembly once more. My voice was not loud

nk I have gone mad today. That I am unf

urmurs. They waited to he

ess of House Croft, is sitting alone in a side chair, while the woman hosting this family ceremony

tion wa

onora's younger sister. She had come to stay w

re you talking! My sister and I are very close. It is because of

after my mother married into House Croft, her health only grew w

turn to your own home? Instead, you took over her household, raised your daughter under this ro

ng to Elara. "You arrived here as my mother's relativ

g back the skin of this false, hap

r, shifted uncomfortably. They ha

rembling finger at me. "This is our family's privat

I had never shown before. "Father, when you and mother were newlyweds,

tress of this house while my moth

h illness, that bribed the physician to tamper wit

aler. At the last question, she swayed

're lying!" she shrieked, h

he may have had her suspicions, but she had never imagined the truth w

and closing like a fish, but no words came o

Elara's own servants after her downfall. This li

e family dispute. This was a massive scandal

, you have a heart of stone!" an old woman, a great-aunt with high s

ispers turning to open condemnation. The virtuous imag

us hatred. "No! My mother is not that kind of person! It's you! Yo

. "You know best whethe

fending your aunt. But have you ever considered that the woman you so f

nfusion. He looked from me to Elara,

d away all the pretense in

"virtuous" and her "service" to the family. I had ju

ch into another hysterical deni

e that Lady Elara be... e

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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.”