Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress
Falling for his warm touch despite his usual coldness, she loved him only to be disappointed and betrayed in the end. When love turns to darkness, it festers to be poisonous and consumes the soul. The naive Arabella evolved. . . . “Thank you for becoming my wife,” was her cold husband’s last words before he died, coupled with a smile that had never before graced his lips. Not on their wedding day. And not even at the birth of their only child. Emperor Ferdinand, someone Arabella loved so much, killed their son. She became a villainess and vowed revenge for her beloved son. For a decade, she used everything she could to make Ferdinand pay. Until finally, he fell to ruin. With her revenge complete, Arabella's life soon ended with her dead husband right beside her. But fate wasn’t done playing with her. All of a sudden, she was back two decades ago right after their wedding. Was it a curse or a blessing? It doesn’t matter. Because there is only one thing she needed to do. “I will ruin you in this lifetime too,” that was her hateful promise to herself upon realizing she was reborn. And in her second life, Arabella was bestowed a gift to uncover the truth. Who was wrong and who was right? Only time will tell.
His Captors [Bonus chapter]
Arabella wanted to wake up and stop seeing Ferdinand in such a state. But how could she ever turn a blind eye to this? Ferdinand was suffering all alone in such a dark place. She did not want to leave him alone here.
And if this was a message about the future, it meant she needed to know as much about this as possible.
Or was it something from the past?
Ferdinand said he was an ice dragon a long time ago. So, this was the past, right? He would not suffer like this in the future, right?
But even if it was indeed in the past, it was painful and difficult seeing it. She didn't want him suffering like this.
She wished this was nothing but a random made-up dream with no shred of truth. That he didn't suffer like this in the past nor had to in the future.
Arabella kept pacing around him, searching for a way to free him, but there was none.
If he could break free, he would have done so already too. It must be because he was still bleeding a lot. He was in a greatly weakened state.