I Refused to Be Queen and Chose the Cursed Duke's Daughter Instead

When I opened my eyes, I found myself reborn as Meika Lin Kanzhen, a side character in a tragic romance novel. According to the original story, I was destined to become queen, only to face betrayal when my husband's younger brother staged a rebellion. My children would barely survive, while I the doomed queen would die at the young age of twenty-seven, remembered only as a tragic sacrifice.

Absolutely not.

I refuse to follow such a miserable script. This time, fate handed me a second chance: ten whole years before the rebellion, back when the two princes Leonard and Frederick were still students at the Royal Academy. Even now, they were already circling me like hawks, their dangerous obsession with me fated to tear apart both my life and the kingdom.

But I've made my decision. I won't become queen. I'll cut myself free from their rivalry, abandon the crown, and live quietly under my father, the Duke. To sever their obsession once and for all, I'll need an unshakable shield-something bold, scandalous, and impossible for the princes to touch.

My solution? Her.

The one girl everyone whispers about in fear. The girl they call cursed, doomed to bring ruin to anyone who gets close. Silver-haired, crimson-eyed, and standing alone at the edge of every gathering, she's despised by the Academy... yet, when I look into her eyes, I don't see misfortune. I see loneliness. A heart begging for someone brave enough to reach out.

If destiny insists on giving me tragedy, then I'll shatter the story myself. I won't be a queen on someone else's throne I'll be the woman who rewrote fate by falling in love with the one person destiny never dared to write.

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