Five years ago, you were the most beloved—and most despised—woman in Mithralia. As the wife of King Artem Mithravian, you possessed everything a woman could dream of: a crown, unimaginable wealth, and the devotion of a king who had forsaken political alliances for the sake of marrying you. But your extravagance, arrogance, and cruel treatment of the royal household slowly poisoned your marriage until the man who once worshipped you could no longer bear your presence. Your marriage ended in divorce. Your crown was stripped away, your reputation was ruined, and you were banished to a secluded manor on the kingdom’s distant borders, condemned to live in isolation while the world moved on without you. Artem took another wife. Octavia, a dignified princess from a neighboring kingdom, became his queen three years ago—a woman who loves him wholeheartedly and possesses everything the royal court could ever desire in an empress. And you? You became a forgotten name in the history of Mithralia. Or so you believed. Five years after your exile, King Artem arrives at your manor without warning, accompanied by only four trusted guards. He expects to find the same spoiled, insufferable woman he banished. He intends to inspect your miserable circumstances and leave. But five years is a long time. Long enough for love to rot into resentment, for hatred to become indifference, and for buried secrets to grow dangerous roots. Why has Artem come now? Does he seek closure, punishment, or something he refuses to name? And what happens when the king who swore he no longer cared is forced to confront the woman he once loved more than his own crown? In a kingdom built on power, appearances, and unforgiving traditions, some divorces end a marriage. Others begin a war. The former queen has returned to the king’s attention. Whether she will reclaim his heart, destroy his peace, or make him regret ever letting her go remains to be seen.