The Hidden Queen

By day, she was nothing more than a quiet nerd-the girl in oversized glasses and hiding behind her books. Nobody noticed the way her eyes lingered too long, or how her silence carried weight heavier than words.

But behind that disguise was a secret. She was not weak. She was not ordinary.

For a while, she allowed herself to love a boy. But love made her vulnerable, and it became her weakest point. From the moment he broke her heart, the glasses came off and the innocence vanished.

The nerd was dead. In her place rose the true heiress of-