Her Royal Vengeance

Synopsis

My fiancé's childhood sweetheart had a peculiar habit: disguising herself as a man to frequent brothels. Her reckless behavior led to disaster when she was drugged, violated, and left with a child. On the day of the wedding, Edward Grant stood before me, his expression cold as he handed over a set of annulment papers. "A woman's virtue is her life. I must give Charlotte and the child a name. Without it, she will surely perish," he declared stiffly. I stared at him for a long moment, my heart numb with the memory of a past life. Then, with eerie calm, I unfastened my wedding gown and accepted the papers. Once upon a time, I had refused this annulment. In a fit of righteous fury, I had exposed Charlotte Linwood's pregnancy in front of the entire congregation. The scandal had destroyed her; she was disowned by her family, tarred and feathered by the mob, and finally drowned in the water. Edward had watched her fate with indifference. But after we married, his true cruelty emerged. He stripped me naked, locked me in a dungeon, and allowed his stable hands to take turns violating me. "If it weren't for you, Charlotte would still be alive. Every bit of suffering she endured, I will make you pay a hundredfold!" he had snarled, his eyes filled with hatred. I had died slowly, broken and in agony, finally realizing the depth of his loathing. But then, the darkness lifted. I opened my eyes to find myself back in that very moment—standing in my wedding dress, as Edward held out the annulment papers.