Olivia Luceron was the perfect weapon. For years, her marriage to Duke Matthias served as a spy's position, delivering his greatest secrets to the father she worshipped. When her betrayal came to light, justice was swift and merciless. She faced torture in darkness, mutilation, and a public walk of shame through the empire's streets. Duke Matthias, the man she'd treated with calculated indifference, died protecting her. Her father, whom she'd served faithfully, ordered her torment. Then came the impossible: a second chance. Awakening a year before her execution, Olivia finds herself reborn. The platinum hair she'd lost has returned. The scars mapping her tortured body have vanished. And Matthias—the husband who kissed her forehead in that dark cell before facing the executioner—still draws breath. Forgiveness and love hold no interest for her now. Olivia has discovered a far more compelling purpose: to exploit her role as Duchess and methodically dismantle the Locron family from within. She will perfect the role of devoted wife—a mask of ice hiding a heart of vengeance. As she would tell her father: "You shaped me into something monstrous. Now witness what your lessons have created."