Reborn Queen of Masks: From Ashes to Adoration

"I died twice. Once, as a Mafia Queen. Once, as a powerless heiress. Both times… I was betrayed." In her first life, Veronica Lin was untouchable Raised by the Mafia. Crowned in blood. Feared by nations. But she made one fatal mistake She fell in love. And the man she gave her heart to? “You trusted the wrong person,” he whispered, just before the bullets tore through her chest. Across the city, in a gilded mansion, another girl was dying. Amy Lin. A fragile heiress with a golden last name, yet nothing to call her own. Betrayed by her cheating husband. Used by her best friend. Ignored by her so-called husband's family. And when she discovered the truth, when she finally found the courage to speak up? They silenced her. Pushed her from a balcony and smiled while she fell. The next morning, her entire family was found dead, her parents, brothers, and sister, all labeled a tragedy, forgotten as an accident. Two women. Two murders. One moment. “If I had your strength, I wouldn’t have died like this,” Amy whispered in the darkness between worlds. “If I had your second chance, I wouldn’t waste it,” Veronica replied. They made a deal. Now, Veronica wakes up in Amy’s body. Same name. Same face. But the soul behind those eyes? Is not Amy. She’s not soft. She’s not kind. She’s not here to be loved. She’s here to bury the past and burn the future. “They want Amy Lin to stay dead?” “Fine. Veronica Lin is back.” Her goals are simple: – Rebuild an empire in the shadows. – Destroy every name on her hit list. – And never, ever fall in love again. No more weakness. No more trust. No more mercy. “Love?” She laughs. “I buried that with both of our bodies.” But fate loves to twist the knife. Enter Lucas—the cold, unreadable bodyguard who never cared about Amy before. Now, he watches her every move. He sees the shift. He knows she’s not the girl she once was. “Who are you really?” he asks. “Does it matter?” she replies. He wants her. She wants revenge. And somewhere between obsession, secrets, and bloodshed, their lives begin to unravel. The elite academy? Her hunting ground. The fake husband? Already marked for death. The world that wronged her? About to bleed. She ruled the underworld once. Now, she’s taking the high throne above it. And if anyone thinks they can stop her? They’re already too late. You can’t kill a queen who’s already died. You can only kneel.