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Chapter 1
After the death of his beloved, Vincent de Valois hated me for ten years.
No matter how I tried to please him, he would only sneer coldly, “If you truly wish to gain my favor, you might as well die.”
His words struck like a knife, but when the burning beams of the castle roof fell toward me, he threw himself into the flames to save me, sacrificing his
life.
As he lay in my arms before he passed, he mustered the last of his strength to gently push my hand away.
“Seraphina Sinclair, how I wish I had never met you in this life…”
At the funeral, Lady Valois was inconsolable.
“Vince, it’s my fault. I should never have forced you to marry her. If I had let you marry Guinevere as you wished, would things have turned out differently?”
Lord Valois glared at me with hate in his eyes.
“Vince saved your life three times, but all you’ve ever done is bring him misfortune. Why isn’t it you who died?”
Everyone regretted Vince marrying me–even I did.
In the end, I leaped from the Astral Keep and returned to ten years ago.
This time, I vowed to sever all ties with Vince and make things right for
everyone.
“Seraphina, you’re really something. You even made my parents threaten to disown me unless I married you. Did you truly believe wedding me would bring you happiness?”
The voice was low and cold, and as I slowly opened my eyes, I stared
at him, dazed.
There he stood before me, wearing a red tunic, youthful and rebellious. His manner and speech were entirely different from the man he would become in ten years.
This was the Vincent of eighteen,
i had truly returned to ten years ago,
Swallowing the ache in my chest, I drank in the sight of him greedily.
“You don’t want to marry me because the one you truly want to marry is Guinevere, right?”
Vincent scoffed. “And what if it is? Will you step aside?”
I replied firmly, “Yes.”
My parents had died in battle, the kingdom was secure, and the king granted me the royal marriage decree. The decree bore no names, so I could marry anyone I chose.
Likewise, I could petition the king for a marriage decree on behalf of anyone else.
He froze, then laughed in disbelief.
“You used the King’s decree to force iny hand. My parents are threatening to cut me off unless I wed you. Our marriage is already set in stone. What kind of ‘stepping aside‘ are you talking about?”
“Seraphina, I’ve no patience for your games. Take the marriage decree to the palace yourself. I’ll wait here.”
With that, he turned and leaned against the palace wall.
The disgust in his eyes pierced my heart, as though I had been pricked by a sharp needle.
In both, this life and the last, I had loved Vincent for years.
Twice, he had risked everything to save me, and I had mistaken his courage for attection Overjoyed, I had begged the King for the marriage decree and
wed him
It was only after his beloved died that I realized his heart had always belonged to someone else
My ten years of love had been nothing more than ten years of torment for him.
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In my past life, I had performed countless acts of kindness, exchanging my life for his, and finally earned him a chance at rebirth.
Before my rebirth, a powerful witch had warned me.
“In the twelve hours following your rebirth, you must resolve three of his regrets. Once done, you must leave him. From then on, you and he will part ways, and he will not die at thirty because of you. You will both have your own destinies. But rebirth comes at a cost. You must be prepared.”
As long as Vince could live, I was willing to pay any price.
I met with the king and secured a marriage decree for Vince and Guinevere.
I knew Vince’s three regrets–they were written in his journal.
“Regrets marrying Seraphina, regrets not resisting my parents‘ arrangements, regrets not saving Guinevere.”
Now, his first regret was finally resolved.
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