Romance

I became ‘Rudbeckia,’ a supporting character in a fantasy novel, a villainess who dies at the hands of her husband. The world’s most damned father has found me another partner for a political marriage. The problem is, that person is the husband who will kill me! First, I need to find a way to live. I need to appear as harmless as possible to the people of the North and protect my husband’s little sister whom I killed in the original novel. Wouldn’t I be able to save my life if I pretended to be in love with my husband? “I fell in love with you!” So please, spare me!

“You never loved me anyway, right?” Astelle’s long-awaited marriage life ended in a day. She worked hard to become Kaizen’s wife since she was ten, but the only thing that was left for her was the stigma of an empress. She was abandoned by the royalty; the man she loved, Kaizen, wanted her to leave. “Yes. You’re right. I didn’t love you.” Astelle lied for the last time. The man was the reason for her life, but it was also for the sake of the man who was her husband for a day. She thought there would be no contact with him again, but- “I think… I might be pregnant?” *** Six years later, Astelle, who reunited with Kaizen, lied again. “You… who is that child?” “He’s my nephew.” To protect the child. (Summary from NovelUpdates)

Despite standing by Black Dragon Akelans’ side for 14 years as his loyal vassal, Hasolan was never accepted as his mate, her love left unrequited until the day she took her own life. But upon opening her eyes, Hasolan finds herself back in the past on the day she first awakened Akelans. Though she tries to change her fate in this life, she ends up in the merciless dragon’s clutches once more. Except this time, there’s something different about him. To Hasolan’s shock, Akelans acknowledges her as his mate right away. But at this point, it may be too late...