Chapters
73 total- 1 Chapter 1: Author’s Note
- 2 Chapter 2: Bargain with the Devil
- 3 Chapter 3: She was back
- 4 Chapter 4: Being flogged
- 5 Chapter 5: Her loyal maid
- 6 Chapter 6: Timeline’s catching up
- 7 Chapter 7: Stay away from him
- 8 Chapter 8: The Devil takes the Oath
- 9 Chapter 9: The scandal
- 10 Chapter 10: A mother’s wrath
- 11 Chapter 11: Three conditions for marriage
- 12 Chapter 12: The cage locks again
- 13 Chapter 13: Confused Heart
- 14 Chapter 14: Token of undying friendship
- 15 Chapter 15: Claiming the Duchess-I
- 16 Chapter 16: Claiming the Duchess-II
- 17 Chapter 17: Between doubt and kindness
- 18 Chapter 18: Lessons for a Prodigy
- 19 Chapter 19: An Unexpected Invitation
- 20 Chapter 20: A painting too familiar
- 21 Chapter 21: Playing along
- 22 Chapter 22: The Restless Morning
- 23 Chapter 23: Reckless confrontation
- 24 Chapter 24: The Disappearances
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Start from Chapter 1About this novel
Marcella Valemont was a villainess wrapped in silk and thorns.
The alluring, selfish daughter of the High Priest, she was forced into a cold marriage with the Black-bellied Duke Berith Montclair. She longed for power and would stop at nothing to claim the crown, even if it meant seducing the incorruptible Crown Prince Lucian and clawing her way to the throne into becoming the Queen.
Until it all burned.
Her ruthless schemes led to betrayal, rebellion, and ruin-- an empire on its knees, a virtuous king destroyed, and a rebellion led by the man she discarded. Desperate and full of regret, she barters her life with the Duke to save Lucian.
In an interesting turn of events, Marcella gets to go back in time to fix her wrongs, save the man who was ruined because of her and hopefully stop the bloodthirsty rebel Duke Berith.
She finds herself reborn as her 18-year-old self with a chance for a do-over and vows to do better this time.
But the past does not forget. Nor does the devil in her husband’s skin.
Secrets long buried begin to surface, and Marcella discovers that her former husband is far more than he seems—a man cloaked in darkness, harboring a purpose that threatens everything she holds dear.
They say second chances come with thorns and to fix the past, she must trust the devil who destroyed it.
The alluring, selfish daughter of the High Priest, she was forced into a cold marriage with the Black-bellied Duke Berith Montclair. She longed for power and would stop at nothing to claim the crown, even if it meant seducing the incorruptible Crown Prince Lucian and clawing her way to the throne into becoming the Queen.
Until it all burned.
Her ruthless schemes led to betrayal, rebellion, and ruin-- an empire on its knees, a virtuous king destroyed, and a rebellion led by the man she discarded. Desperate and full of regret, she barters her life with the Duke to save Lucian.
In an interesting turn of events, Marcella gets to go back in time to fix her wrongs, save the man who was ruined because of her and hopefully stop the bloodthirsty rebel Duke Berith.
She finds herself reborn as her 18-year-old self with a chance for a do-over and vows to do better this time.
But the past does not forget. Nor does the devil in her husband’s skin.
Secrets long buried begin to surface, and Marcella discovers that her former husband is far more than he seems—a man cloaked in darkness, harboring a purpose that threatens everything she holds dear.
They say second chances come with thorns and to fix the past, she must trust the devil who destroyed it.