“Hey kid, you see ghosts, don’t you?”... more>>

“…..”

“Your spiritual eyes are wide open.”

He seemed to have the same gift as Jinok Seonnyeo. Completely seen through by him, I couldn’t even breathe, just blinking my eyes. Cha Beomyeong, having me in the palm of his hand in an instant, his eyes sparkled as if he had discovered something very amusing. Then, he suddenly burst into a smirk.

“You’ve got a crappy fate, kid.”

At those words, the anger I had been holding back surged. I pushed Cha Beomyeong, who was standing right in front of my nose, with all my might and screamed.

“…Damn it, what do you know, mister!”

Cha Beomyeong, pushed back so easily, staggered as if playing around and gave me a small smile.

“But you’re not scared.”

“…..”

“Yeah, you have to be at least that much to live in Taeshindang.”

He gave a light shrug and stood before me, who was still panting with uncontrollable anger. But seriously, is he Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk? How can he be so tall? I’d never seen anyone this tall in my life.

“Kid, what’s all this you’re carrying around?”

“….”

“It’s weighing down your shoulders.”

Then, I felt the pressure that had been weighing down on my shoulders disappear. It was quite surprising.

“…Ah.”

How could this be? My shoulders hadn’t felt light a single time since I started seeing ghosts. As I stared at him with eyes wide as a rabbit’s, Cha Beomyeong shrugged as if to say something like this was easy.

“What did you just do? H-how…”

“I’ll collect my fee for the fortune-telling when you’re older.”

Cha Beomyeong mentioned a fee to the young me, who was frozen in surprise, and then turned his back without any lingering attachment.

“I’m leaving.”

I just blinked blankly at the mysterious sight of his back as he left the garden, his traditional coat fluttering. That was my first encounter with Cha Beomyeong. <<less

I possessed the body of “Fiona,” the final villain whose soul was sentenced to eternal suffering after her gruesome demise at the hands of the world’s savior.... more>>

Just because she was an illegitimate child, she was tortured by her own family.

And so… arriving six years before the start of the novel, I was sent to war at the age of thirteen! Fortunately, as the story’s greatest villain, Fiona was a magical genius.

I had to survive the monster invasion. But now, I couldn’t be in the middle of a battlefield.

Just before I ran out of breath, I encountered the adolescent male lead.

…… Why was he here?

Anyway, if the male lead dies here, then the world will be destroyed. So, let’s save him first! <<less

At the young age of 27, I fell for a professor’s sweet talk, worked to death as an assistant, and died of overwork, only to be reincarnated.... more>>

I thought God reincarnated me out of pity, but now I’m the only villainess in a novel?

To avoid my fate, at 15, I boarded a carriage to a convent.

…And then I got caught in a tornado out of a clear sky and died.

This time, I possessed the body of an assistant who had been scammed into a job.

f*ck…?

Since I’m alive again, I might as well live well this time.

…Just as I thought that, a war broke out.

“Kiel, come here quickly! I have a surefire way for us to escape safely!”

“Is that true, Professor Lemerun?”

“It is! Don’t you trust me?”

“No.”

“……”

Even bad relationships are still relationships.

Though I believed in my wicked employer’s ‘surefire escape plan’…

“Let’s hope for the 1% success rate of escape. As of today, our lifelong contract is over!! Congratulations!!”

I got hit in the back of the head.

I shouldn’t have trusted that experiment-crazy professor bastard.

His invention with a 99% failure rate exploded.

‘Please, just stop…’

Contrary to my desperate wish, I opened my eyes once again.

In my second life, where some unknown soul had wreaked havoc in my absence.

In the body of Serena Lavernia, the only villainess in the world, now 26 years old.

Damn it! This is too much.

[Congratulations, the World Tree has chosen you.]

“I’m not joining any religion.”

And that’s not all. Now there’s even a rabbit trying to scam me.

[In return, I’ll grant you any wish!]

‘…Can I drag those professor bastards here and make them my s*aves?’

…Fine, what does it matter if I get scammed a bit?

Even if I can’t join a religion, I must get my revenge.

I’ve worked hard, so let me take it easy for once in my life! <<less

["I want to meet a baby who has experienced a cool reincarnation and regression. Would you like to live one more time?"] ... more>>

In my first life, I was a game YouTuber. In my third life, I became a very tiny baby princess?

Wait a minute. God said they'd let me be born into a good family, right? Why am I the princess of a ruined imperial family!

At that moment, dding! A chat window popped up before my eyes.

[Revealing the list of members in the general channel.] [Participants: 21 / Ted (Knight), Mia (Knight), Dave (Knight), Rotun (Mage)…… and 16 others]

[Ted: Aaaah! The Princess is so cute! I want to break a tree! Break it!]

[Mia: As expected, if I poke her cheek…… or even hold her finger! It's blasphemy!]

[Dave: From now on, the abbreviation for "cute" is Shushu!]

[See more]

What is all this?

...Hmm, it seems like none of them are in their right minds. But since they seem to like me, it's a good thing, right?

[Berg: My niece says she wants to eat bread.]

[Berg: Search every bakery in the empire.]

On top of that, there's even an uncle, the Duke of the North, who says I can have the North if I want it.

Now that it's come to this, I guess I'll try winking at them and living a peaceful life.

I'm going to live a sweet life this time around! <<less

A preposterous marriage proposal arrives at the venerable House of Duke Valdemar.... more>>

The proposed bride? None other than Claudel Dautriche

The most beautiful woman in the kingdom,

A notorious femme fatale who has already changed husbands twice,

And the king’s mistress.

The king’s insult enraged Valdemar’s vassals,

But only Reinhardt took Claudel’s hand.

“I’d like to get to know you, slowly, from now on.”

It was the first time someone treated her as she was,

Loved her without prejudice.

In her weary life, the warmth he shared made her truly happy.

“I know you never betrayed me.”

…Even when she was framed for treason by the king’s scheme,

Even on that very day Valdemar went up in flames.

And so she opened her eyes,

And the moment she realized she had returned to the past once more,

Claudel made her decision.

She didn’t dare wish to be loved a second time.

She only…

“There will never be anyone I cherish more than you, Your Grace.”

This life,

She would live it for Reinhardt alone. <<less

She fell into a novel.... more>>

If she can find true love, then she’d be able to have a happy ending.

However, after the story reached its end, what greeted her was death.

And when she opened her eyes once more, she returned to the very same beginning.

She fell in love yet again,

But the ending was, still, death.

Poison… strangulation… illness… falling… being crushed… burned alive… starved to death…

As she welcomed her 117th birthday,

Carynne Hare decided to become a mu*derer. <<less

An impetuous and shameless woman, hiding in a man’s bedroom, shame of the imperial family…... more>>

It was a word to express the perfect and beautiful second prince, Franz’s wife, Aleisha.

She loved her husband, despite his ill-will and affair…
Franz killed her.

Aleisha placed a curse on Franz just before her death, and she returned to the past.

The new life was all the same.
…Except for Franz.

“I’m not worried about you, it’s me. If I lose you, I will go crazy.”

Could the curse be wrong?

She tried to live as if she didn’t have Franz in her previous life.
However, he kept grabbing her.

“I have no other woman but you. So, let go of your false hopes.” <<less

She became one of the top martial arts masters in the Murim world…... more>>

Only to meet a tragic end at the final battle of the Great War between Justice and Evil.

But wait—she came back to life?!

“What?! You’re telling me… I was inside a novel this whole time?!”

And not just any novel, but one where the male lead endlessly rolls through time loops like a never-ending tragic drama!

“At this rate… the world will just get destroyed again in the Great War!”

The only one who can save this doomed world from the chaos of the Demonic Cult is the male lead.

But for that to happen—he needs to be mentally stable first!

“No more regressions, please!”

So she paves his path with roses , clears the choking drama with fizzy moments of satisfaction , and gently nudges him toward salvation.

Now surely, the world will be safe from destruction… right?

But then—

“Are you planning to leave me?”

“W-What…?”

“You filled my entire world with you… and now you’re just going to leave? If this was your plan, you shouldn’t have saved me in the first place.”

Wait a sec—did I just break the male lead…? <<less

My execution had been decreed, and thus, I met my demise.... more>>

"To kill you as a villain would be a bit of a waste."
"How about it? I want to give you a chance."

No, I thought I was dead.
But was it because of what the enemy-like guy said just before I died?

‘Gerun, that son of a b*tch...!’

When I opened my eyes, it was ten years ago. And in a different world!

*

Since I've already come back to life, there’s nothing I can do about it.

To avoid repeating the foolish past,

"Give me everything from here to there."
"...You’re going to buy all of this?"

I used that enemy-like guy as my wallet,

"Well, I heard from my friends that my dear granddaughter likes shopping so much, and that you act cute, too."
"It's just because I need a wallet.
"......"

"Father, I'm going to attend a party. Can you escort me?"
"...Of course. But are you alright with me?"
"Yes. As long as you dress up nicely."
Even the once-broken family relationship was splendidly restored.

"...If I say yes, I like you, would that make things difficult for you, Roxelyn?"
"Then, how about we date for just six months?"
"...Pardon?"
The business of love, which I had once already given up on, had also started perfectly.

It was the perfect future I had hoped for...

"Rox, you also have an Abyss."

Even to someone like me who thought I was incompetent, power awakened within me.
As such...

The Baddest Villainess Is Back! <<less

One day, her father gave her a sl*ve boy. He said he saved him from the battlefield because of his good looks.... more>>

“He has a seal engraved on his heart. As long as you have this bead, he won’t be able to disobey you. So you can order him to do anything.”

“Sit down.”

The boy looked rather grim after hearing what she ordered.

“Ah, was I treating him too much like a dog?” As her father squeezed the bead, the boy then knelt at her feet.

“Master”

His red eyes flashed, illuminating his eerie gaze while smiling madly.

He was the darkest of the darkest one. The future grand wizard and final boss of this world.

“Well, you’re all that’s left now, Master.”

And then, at the age of 22, he awoke as the Master of the Magic Tower and took revenge by killing her entire house.

“Do you want to live? Then sit down, Master.”

The eerie red eyes turned to her.

‘Why is he like this to me?! I tried my best to treat him properly!’ <<less

"I want to file for an annulment."... more>>

"You took my v*rginity and now you want a divorce. Alas, this is what it's all about. Ha......."

"Why would you do or say anything to me?"

* * *

She attended her cousin's wedding as a bridesmaid, but the bride ran away.

Due to her uncle’s plea and insistence that the family would be destroyed if things continued this way.

Florence was forced to put on a wedding dress and face the groom.

'Why is this man here......!'

Grand Duke Edelston Ricardo, the Emperor's Black Hound, the Slayer of Nobles.

He kissed the bride, even though he knew she had been switched.

"You're beautiful, my bride."

Contrary to the rumors of his cold and mercilessness, his eyes were tender as he looked at her.

"I would do anything for you, my bride, all you have to do is say the word."

"Why are you doing this, what do you want?"

"I want you to look pretty, and I'll work hard until your heart opens."

When on earth did this man see her and why does he keep saying things like this?

The strange and bizarre newlywed life of Florence, who tries to escape from him who has many secrets, and Ethelston, who tries to hold on to her at all costs. <<less

Emperor Alec lost his wife Afrosa.... more>>

He did not simply punish those responsible for her death, but also went so far as to burn down the castle and kill himself. However, he woke up and found himself in the past.

“I will change it all one by one.”

For your sake.

Because God brought me back to life in order to have you once more.

Alec, who wanted to create a new future where he would not lose his wife and child again. However, his love for them gradually turned into a blind obsession.

“What’s wrong? Why are you acting like this?”

“Same for you.”

“What did I do?”

“What’s wrong with you too?”

“…….”

“You’re mine. Because you’re my wife. If anyone treats you like some b*tch they stole from me, I will rip out their intestines and chew off their bones.”

On the other hand, Afrosa constantly felt unfamiliar with her husband’s changed personality.

Until one day, she had a strange dream which confused her…

‘My husband is not the same. If I don’t run away, I will meet the same end as before.’

The unfamiliar woman standing next to her husband… Her own shabby silhouette…

Sickened by the vividness of the vision as if it were all reality, she could no longer stand to look at her husband.

Is this all actually a dream? <<less

“Even if it’s my child, I can still not love them.”... more>>

The day she terminated the 5-year-long contracted marriage and filled out the divorce papers, Hilia left Caligo without a second thought.

Leaving the byproduct of the contracted marriage, their child, with him.

Hilia Halos was a woman who was colder, more selfish, and more wicked than anyone else.

[Here’s the alimony. Since I don’t need this anymore, I’ll hand it over to you.]

That was what he thought, until he ceded the baronial estate that she so coveted and disappeared.

***

Hilia was sure she would be indifferent. About leaving the child, and about abandoning the man who brought her excitement.

“Mother, you don’t, hab to, lub, Riche. Riche gonna, only come, sometime. Riche will, lub you more……”

She was actually indifferent.

She would have been in the future, as well.

If only the dirt-covered child didn’t just appear out of nowhere after four years and told her such a thing.

“So……!”

Tears dripped down the child’s cheeks.

Hilia backed away from the child, who was running towards her with arms wide open.

She could not be a good parent, nor could she love anyone.

“My baby, there are things in the world you just can’t love.”

So, after leaving that single comment, she turned away.

Pretending not to notice the unfaltering gaze in front of her. <<less

“You won’t want to, but please spare my mother.”... more>>

When her father died in an accident and her mother fell ill, Sabina visited the Duchess Charlotte with her father’s keepsake.

“Why should I?”

“I am the only child left by the Duke’s brother.”

Thus, Sabina, in exchange for entering the mansion, decided to cut off all ties from the past and live as Princess Charlotte.

‘The problem is that I’m destined to be killed by the psychopathic male lead!’

There was only one way to survive, and she must avoid him at all costs!

With all kinds of schemes, she claimed to be the male lead’s henchman and lived flat on her stomach…

“Next time, if something untoward happens to you, tell me right away.”

Why was it that her uncle, who she haven’t seen a few times in the novel, and…

“Will you be able to bring me tea so often in the future?”

…her grandfather, who she thought he hated her,

“The prince has a more handsome face and a better personality than I do. Do you really think so?!”

Her cousin’s brother, who was like an enemy, pretended to be a family member who didn’t fit in

“You just need to be by my side.”

Even the male lead’s obsession that had turned around even more than the original!

She didn’t want to mortgage her life to a psychopath!

‘Let me just blow it up!’ <<less

The transmigration that happened to others, it happened to me too. I’m pretty sure I’m now a supporting character… but exactly which novel is this?... more>>

When I opened my eyes, I was a widow with stepdaughters my own age, and not only that, I turned into a black swan every night due to a dark curse! Holding back my tears, I decided to take charge of my fate…wait, why should I? Why So Serious?

A duchess during the day, a queen of the lake during the night – I have the best luck to be able to leisurely float around! Life should be lived unplanned! When I had just about decided to live my life like this, a white baby swan, one that was not in my no-plan life plan, came to me.

“Mommy, awe you weally my mommy?”

What, you were a person? And even the youngest sibling of the tyrant emperor?

“I’m not your mother! Can’t you tell by the different colors of our feathers?”

I’m a black swan, you’re a white swan! But why is she so crazy cute. Can our mother-daughter love endure the obsession and persecution of this child’s seven brothers, including the tyrant emperor’s? <<less

She knew that the water she was drinking was rotten.... more>>

She was just a child, thirsty to the point of dying, hoping that drinking the rotten water would not kill her.

Born the daughter of a common peasant, Summer was swept into a spiral of misfortune when her father had an affair with the lord's daughter.

She tried to live resolutely while taking care of her younger siblings alone, but...

[Just the sound of the Duke's footsteps makes my heart freeze. Summer, it hurts so much and I'm scared. I want to cry, but I can't even cry here.]

[Summer, save me, please.]

Summer's world was eventually destroyed by the Duke of Valronek.

One day, a rumor spreads that the youngest son of the Duke of Valronek is looking for a personal assistant.

Seeing it as an opportunity for revenge, Summer, posing as an aristocratic young lady named Adele, went to find the famous son known as a scoundrel…

"How about this then? What if I hire you?"

This scoundrel, something about him is strange.

"Or should we just stay here?"

The scoundrel of this era. The brother of the enemy who must not discover her plans.

At the same time, he's compassionate and beautiful, like the savior who will pull her out of this quagmire of revenge.

"Did you feel it, Adele?"

“......."

"Yeah, you're doing well."

Every time she looks into those languid blue eyes, she feels herself falling into a swamp of emotions deeper than revenge.

━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━

"Young…Mast…er, Mast..er...."

"Yes, Adele."

His entire body's muscles were as vigorous as a wild beast in motion, but his voice, murmuring like a bird, was as gentle as feathers. It was disgusting and pleasant at the same time.

"You should be... thankful for the wrapping paper...."

The pretty wrapper kissed her again, or rather, the young master kissed her again.

"Adele, can I do it one more time?"

"You said earlier... it was the last one, didn't you?"

“But you said that stealing, which I learned late, is a scary thing.”

Oh... God.

"Well, that's not what a thief would say..., is it?" <<less

I became a home tutor teaching the young half-siblings of the male lead.... more>>

The original plot is simple.

It’s a typical contract marriage story where the female lead threatens the duke to avoid an unwanted matchmaking.

The problem here is that the male lead’s weakness is his depraved behavior that led to the extermination of his entire family.

“Tell me, Miss Margaret. What is my intention that caught your attention?”

It’s unfair that I’m a reincarnated extra at best.

What an unfortunate choice of roles, having to give up my head when the lord of the manor takes control of the family.

I suppose running away could solve the problem, but…

“My lord, there is only one thing I want. Don’t kill Cecilia and Cedric.”

As a professional, I should save the children first.

—

“Miss Adriana has told me that she knows I killed my father. And that she will keep it quiet if I marry her.”

Then he asked, in an uneven voice.

“Miss Margaret, shall I go through with this marriage or not?”

“Do it. She will be the love of your life.”

Estella replied meekly.

It wasn’t the answer he’d hoped for, he realized, and his voice turned mu*derous.

“So you’re telling me I’m going to have to share a bed with a blackmailer?”

…It was a refreshing revelation, considering the original. <<less

Ibella Campbell participated in the Western War as a nurse officer.... more>>

A man appeared in front of her who was living in seclusion in a quiet village after losing her memory.

He took this chance as an opportunity and approached her actively.

The two got closer by sharing their daily lives, and Ibella recovered the missing pieces of her memory one by one.

“Bella.”

Because the man’s voice was so similar to the one from her memories.

“I lost my memories.”

She ended up revealing her secret that she couldn’t tell anyone.

“Does that mean you are unhappy?”

“No.”

“Then, it’s fine. Whether you remember or forget, as long as you’re happy, that’s all that matters.”

The man’s cold comforting was charming. She slowly fell for the man who was all the more mysterious because he didn’t show his feelings.

***

“By any chance, did you like me?”

“Tr*sh.”

“You become unhappy if you like tr*sh.”

The man was openly brazen after leaving a deep scar in her heart.

She thought that she would no longer be involved with him after that day.

“Hello, Bella.”

By her side, the beautiful tr*sh still smiled at her. While boldly calling her by a name that she hadn’t allowed. <<less

The princess of a neighboring country who stole the prince that the little mermaid saved…
That was me.... more>>

I believed that it was me who saved him, but reality was cruel.

When the little mermaid died and the truth was revealed—

“It wasn’t you.”

The man who once said he loved me abandoned me after saying these words.
Just because I wasn’t the one who saved him.

From then on, he started to ignore me and shut me out.

I couldn’t endure it any longer, so I chose to die. But somehow, I returned to the past.
So I made up my mind.

* * *

Instead of going through that again, I looked for a certain man.

Robbed of his memory and exiled from the magic tower, but more powerful than anyone else.

The lord of the magic tower.
Alejandro Diarmuid.

“The memories you’ve lost. I’ll help you find them.”

So help me.
So that I can escape from this fate.

“No one else but you can save me.”

You can save me.
Only you. <<less

A time when kings still existed and the soldiers protected them. ... more>>

Inese worked on the portrait of the Berton Kingdom's Prince, Enrique on behalf of her teacher.

10 years later, the royal family declined but the rebel forces are on the hunt for the missing prince.

"Will your memory get better if I say your life is on the line?"

Nathan Farnese, A rebel force officer and an arrogant man.

Being the only person who knows the Prince's face, Inese gets arrested by him and is asked to remake the portrait from 10 years ago.

In the name of surveillance, Nathan locks up Inese at his mansion.

As the empty space on the canvas decreases, the gap between them gradually grows narrow... <<less

“I am alive and living only for that child.”... more>>

Yvor Adela, who grew up as a work of art to shine a thoroughly ruined family. Her life was only for her brother Duran Craig.

She became a snake that twisted the king herself to give power to her beloved brother, and committed all kinds of evil deeds, which eventually led to her spectacular downfall.

Her brother who she devoted all her life to, bombards her with curses, instead of pouring her with love.

“I’ve never hated you more than this moment!”

Meanwhile, Sidis Murka, the prince who she had no doubt hated her all his life, whispered his love to her…

“Run away with me.”

Why does the brother who she believed loved her, hate her, and the prince who she believed hated her, love her.

Once again, if there is another chance…

Finally sentenced to death, after sinking into a cold lake, she opened her eyes receiving a second chance.

In the past, in the spring of eighteen. <<less

When the kingdom of El Pasa fell into abysmal ruins, Princess Beatrice of El Pasa assumed the identity of Chloe to survive.... more>>

But then, a man known for his exquisite appearance and coldness appeared and stirred up the peaceful life she led in s*avery.

That man was Alexandro Graham — the same man who was the sole reason of her kingdom’s downfall. <<less

I was the youngest princess in the Imperial family. The powerless imperial family was engulfed in the flames of rebellion, and as an extra in the family, I was the first to be abandoned. As such, I lived not as the imperial princess Stella, but as the commoner Ethel for ten years. That was, until I came back to the imperial family that abandoned me.... more>>

“I need a replacement.”

So said my sister, the first princess of the empire.

“To be a substitute for my missing sister.”

“A tempting proposition, Your Highness. But I don’t want to.”

“Is there nothing you cherish…?”

A clear threat holding my family hostage. And so I returned to the imperial family as “my own substitute”, laughing at them for not recognizing me.

***

There is one perfect ending to this skit. I won’t forgive them. They strove to win the heart of the princess who had awakened her powers, but finally she abandoned them. With that ending, I will be happy. <<less

I possessed a 19+ novel character.... more>>

Unfortunately, I became Bella, the younger sister of the first wife who was traumatized by the beast.

What is this obscure position?

No! It can’t be!

If it goes like this, my eldest sister will have an affair and my life will come to an end.

In the end, I voluntarily sell myself as his bride instead of my sister, but I have a different goal.

My goal is to safely become the beast's ex-wife!

I tried to become the best-divorced woman in the empire with beauty and wealth by receiving alimony from the devastated land that later emerged as a site for the reconstruction of the imperial palace, but this beast is not an easy one.

He said, "Why do you think I'm going to give you a divorce?"

"Yeah? Of course, that’s-”

“… I think my wife is misunderstanding something.”

The Grand Duke slowly smiled and approached me. The face behind that mask was a decadent and charming smile that was unbelievable for a ferocious beast.

“I am a beast. I am not s*upid.”

… Did you think I would give up if you said that?

Did you say we can't get a divorce now that I managed to take care of the land, raised my younger sibling, and had a good life?

Excuse me, Mr. Beast.

I'm Bella, the legendary “soil-spooner”*! I think you got the wrong person! <<less

“I never wanted this kind of body either. I wanted to be born with a big, muscular body just like a great hero…!”... more>>

The marriage of the unashamed rabbit and the honorable wolf.

Shaila, who chose a political marriage in order to avoid her father, headed to the North.

However, the husband, who was supposed to be the legendary “Black Wolf”, turned out to be nothing but a small, feisty puppy…

“Do you always try to avoid situations by pretending to be cute?”

As long as her husband was this little guy who’s soft as cream bread, Shaila had no intention of leaving the Duke’s Castle.

“Don’t worry about anything. If you can’t become a jewel, I’ll learn alchemy to help you.”

“You are special to me. I will definitely make you shine.”

Shaila, who knew that her husband suffered from social phobia and self-hatred, gave him confidence.

“In any case… you’re a guy who needs a lot of love and care.”

The cute, little guy grew up to be a big and fearsome wolf thanks to Shaila’s devoted caregiving…

“I’m not even the slightest bit cute anymore, because I’m no longer a little, white, baby puppy…”

“You’re still a baby puppy.”

“Really?”

“You’re still a small, white, cute, little pup. At least, that’s what you’re like in my eyes.”

“What do you think, Shasha? Do you like me?”

“Yeah. I like you just as much as I like chicory.”

Shaila loves even the dirtiest parts of me.

My Shaila.

Her husband, Callion, was soon enlisted into the army. After he’d been missing for 15 years, the husband she thought was dead had returned as a strong adult man…

“Now that we’re adults, we should kiss like adults.”

Shaila blinked at Callion’s calm voice. She began to recite scripture; after 12 years of monastic life, she didn’t know anything about man and woman skinship.

“How do adults kiss?”

“An adult kiss is not just a peck, Shasha.”

“…Then?”

“It’s a french kiss.” <<less