Reborn as the Tyrant’s Obsession: The Villainess Claims
In her first life, Vivienne Abernathy was the perfect pawn. She sacrificed her reputation, commanded bloody trenches, and handed her family’s vast iron mines to Crown Prince Julian, blindly believing his radiant smiles meant love. Her reward? A rainy execution platform, a broken heart, and the cold snap of a guillotine blade orchestrated by Julian and her smiling, angelic half-sister, Catherine.
But death refused to keep her.
Waking up five years in the past on the exact morning of her formal engagement Vivienne doesn't cry, and she doesn't fawn. She rips her wedding gown down the middle, shatters her father’s grip, and walks out on the imperial court. Her trauma has crystallized into pure, diamond-hard vengeance. She isn't a naïve lady anymore; she is a calculating villainess, and she is going to kick the chessboard over.
To survive the incoming imperial wrath, she needs a shield that the Crown cannot touch.
She rides straight into the den of the Iron Tyrant Grand Duke Caelum, a terrifying warlord whose forbidden shadow core is actively corroding his sanity. Caelum is an unhinged monster who rules through absolute terror, and he trusts no one. He pins her to a stone pillar with a dagger to her throat, ready to tear her pieces.
But Vivienne holds a secret weapon: her newly awakened abyssal core is the only thing on the continent that can anchor his raging mana backflow.
For Vivienne, Caelum is a cold, transactional contract to destroy her executioners.
For Caelum, Vivienne is a dangerous, intoxicating life support he refuses to ever let leave his sight.
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Notice:
This is my debut novel, so there may be mistakes here and there. I'm constantly learning and improving, and I hope you'll enjoy watching my progress.
Notice:
Don't expect intimate or R18 scenes right away. The story focuses on world-building, plot, and character development first. Those elements, if they appear, will come much later.
Warning:
Expect obsessive, possessive,characters. If you enjoy intense romance and unhinged love you're in the right place.