Ashes of Villainess

Jacqueline Bunga 1 story

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Summary

Valsria’s story was supposed to end in exhaustion and ashes. She worked herself to death, trusted the wrong people, and broke under the weight of a world that never cared. She thought she’d finally escaped. But death didn’t keep her. She wakes in another body, another life…one already cursed. Lady Elyria Virelle. A name spat like venom. The Dominion’s favorite villainess. A branded witch. A traitor marked for the pyre. They burned Elyria once already. And they’ll do it again, unless Valsria learns how to play this world’s game of knives and crowns. But Elyria’s infamy hides more than scandal and cruelty. The deeper she’s dragged into her new life, the clearer it becomes: the secret binding this villainess runs far darker, and far older, than anyone admits. Valsria isn’t a savior. She isn’t a heroine. She’s tired, she’s angry, and she knows what it means to break. And if this kingdom thinks she’ll bow quietly to their gods and kings… They’re about to learn what rises from fire.