Gilded Ashes: When Shadows Reign - Chapter 236: Ballroom

After meeting an unfortunate death on earth, Sigrid unwillingly transmigrated into a novel world becoming Lady Sigrid Thorin the unwanted wife of the crown prince. She resigned herself to her fate and set a goal to become the empress.But to become the future empress, she had to gain the heart of her husband_the foul tempered Prince Roland Maximus a man that loathed her and would sooner kill her than kiss her.While his heart was too thin for her to squeeze into, it was rather wide for the woman he brought home on returning from a three month expedition, a woman he had sworn to protect forever. The same woman Sigrid was on a mission to destroy, an irreconcilable enemy.With misunderstandings, scheming and jealousy, thus begun Sigrid's trials to win the heart of the man that had undeniably captivated her with his dazzling smile and her mission step over the fake female lead, be crowned empress and change her fate.Excerpt.“A knife to the throat of your husband that has just returned from war, what do you hope to accomplish crown princess?”Sigrid's eyes trailed down, to the silver blade pressed against her abdomen, she raised her head and laughed snidely.“A knife to the belly of your wife as soon as you return from war, other men start by saying, honey i am home. They also don't bring home unwanted canaries as presents for their wives.”Roland leaned down with a part smug and part angry smoldering look in his eyes. It was if he wished to set her on fire, and not in the passionate way.“Honey i am home.” he slowly said, dragging the words out.Sigrid trailed the knife slowly over his neck, almost as if she was caressing it with her fingers. “Welcome back, i hope you don't mind but i intend to kill that canary. If you want to bring me a gift next time, try gold and diamonds. I can also accept you, just wrap a ribbon around your bare chest.”

When he stayed at her home and one night, he took her body in a drunken stupor. From then on, he had been a constant fixture in her life. How adamant he was in forcing a marriage was how adamant she demanded for a divorce. “I’m not staying married to you! I’m not staying married to you! I’m not staying married to you!” After she repeated such an important proclamation three times, he finally tossed her the divorce paper. She thought she had finally escaped him alas… After the divorce, he still snuck into her room every night… Finally losing her patience, she yelled, “We are already divorced!” He glanced at her and set down the divorce paper before her. On it, it was written clearly: After the divorce, the car is hers, the house is hers, the company is hers, their child is hers, he… is also hers?

[Of all the music I’ve ever heard, it’s your voice that calms my soul. He whispered]***Tang Xue Mei was the legitimate heir of the company, but her best friend caused her to lose her sight and her status. She was tortured every day until she ended her life. To her surprise, she was reborn three years before her death!Now, she isn't going to waste her second chance. With a new lease on life and the determination to change her fate, Xue Mei finds herself entangled with a man suffering from insomnia, who offers her power in exchange for her help in curing his sleep disorder.Feng Shihan, CEO of AG corporation, had everything from looks, fame and wealth, but he could never get a good night's sleep due to his rare severe sleeping disorder. Until he met Tang Xue Mei, he never thought he could get a decent sleep.But then he finds out that as long as she's on the bed with him, he could sleep as well as he liked. She was his miracle sleeping pill.Soon he finds out she’s difficult to get, so he proposes a form of alliance to her.“Miss Tang…if you agree to be with me, I’ll give you all the power you need…”In a desperate attempt to gain power and get back at those who had hurt her, she agreed to his request.

After being bound by System 131, Xiang Kui started a journey of helping some female supporting roles to fulfill their ‘reasonable’ wishes in order to earn enough points to go back.First World: Beast world Side Characters “Just because I'm not the heroine, does that mean I deserve to die?”Xiang Kui was a native in the beast world, the pampered cousin of the tribe’s chief. Just because the strongest warrior in the tribe brought in a strange woman, it meant that she have to be worse off?Not wanting to care about the heroine, she changed the beast world with her own hand without hesitation turning what the heroine values into scraps and things better than what she could make appeared.Second World: The True and False Daughter“Just because I'm not capable enough, does it mean I don't deserve to live?”Liang Kui harboured deep resentment when she found out the truth of the world. That her world is nothing more than a story for Xiang Hao Ya and her existence was used to make Xiang Hao Ya’s life better.It should have been hers, but Xiang Hao Ya was the one who played the pitiful, cross it out, her brother was the one who set off Xiang Hao Ya as the pitiful girl whose life has been taken away by her.In that case, she want nothing of the Liang Family and the Xiang Family.She will live a life far away from them, a peaceful and comfortable life while secretly making moves in secret.Third World: The Little Princess in the ApocalypseJiang Kui was known as the pampered princess and in the world where other people become stronger, she was still the weak and willful person.Seeing that she was being used by the main leads to set themselves off and then thrown off, she decisively decided to part ways without hesitation.System: “…” no, that’s not parting ways, you directly smashed a hammer above their heads!And seeing how the supposedly revenge and action filled story turned into a sweet romance story in such unsuitable background… the system said that it gave up.Fourth World: The Ghost Story in the Magic World…Xiang Kui vs System:Xiang Kui: See, I have successfully performed my role well!System: (gave even more difficult character to perform again and again)Xiang Kui: *send blades to the system*System: (looking at the more outrageous script under Xiang Kui’s hand and fell flat on the ground, not wanting to take a look even for another second)At some other timeXiang Kui: What’s with that Jun Lin?System: *looks away*Xiang Ku: *sneer*System: (saw the weapon that Xiang Kui took out, shocked, and directly cried) Wooo, I don’t want this host! Give me a soft, pretty, and easily manageable host… ah!The author silently look away from the massacre scenes on the back and pretend not to see anything....Note: the synopsis will be updated as I write more worlds :3Join the discord to chat with the author and other readers:https://discord.gg/pBy2wGB...Other novels:-Flowers Bloom from Battlefield [complete]- Under the Veil of Night [complete]- 7 Path of the Lilies [on long hiatus]- 1 Year of Beginning [complete]- Villain Lady [complete]- Science and Fantasy [complete]- 2 Years of Restarting [complete]- The Quiet Empress [complete]- The Villain's Little Cat [complete]- Astral Flower [complete]- Villain Princess [complete]- Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower [complete]- Runemaster in the Last Days [on going]- Truth and Lies Intertwined [on going]...Follow me on IG: @sora100518