To Those Who Long for My Destruction

Leoni was born into a marriage that never should have existed—a forced union between parents whose only shared passion was contempt for one another. Starved of warmth from her earliest days, she spent her childhood yearning for even a scrap of affection. Then illness stole her mother away, and whatever fragile hope remained was extinguished when her father coldly auctioned off her hand in marriage, bartering her future like property. One arranged marriage became two, then three, each another weight upon her weary spirit. Just when it seemed her suffering could grow no worse, a false accusation of a capital crime condemned her to a bitter, undeserved end. Yet even as ruin closed in, a single vow burned within her: those who orchestrated her misery—every last one of them—would pay for what they had done. Then, as if her fury alone refused to let her story end, Leoni opens her eyes to find herself a child once more—her memories intact, her wrath undimmed. This second chance is her opportunity to reclaim the life that was stolen from her and finally pursue the happiness she has always longed for. But first comes a debt of suffering to be settled, and Leoni has come to collect.