Chapter 16

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A villainess is not born—she is **made**.

She is forged in betrayal, adorned in scandal, and sharpened by the laughter of nobles who think her fate is already sealed. She is the daughter of a crumbling empire, the fiancée of a man who scorns her, and the wretched fool who once thought love would **save** her.

That fool was me.