Ashes of Villainess
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Valsria died broken... overworked, betrayed, and done.
She thought it ended in a crash.
Instead, she wakes up in another world... one that already hates her.
Reborn as Lady Elyria Virelle, the most reviled woman in the Eastern Dominion, she's branded a witch, condemned for treason, and destined to burn at the stake.
Problem is,they already burned her once.
Now, trapped in a life that isn't hers and haunted by memories that might be, Valsria must survive a realm of cursed bloodlines, divine tyranny, and court politics as sharp as any blade.
There's no prophecy. No chosen one.
Just a woman twisted by fire...and a kingdom on the edge of ruin.
She wasn't sent to save this world.
She's here to tear it apart.
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