The Forsaken Lady Became the Contract Wife of a Dying Marquess

In the winter of her ninth year, the count’s daughter, Christiana, lost her beloved mother. Less than a month after her mother’s passing, her father brought his mistress, Claudia, and her daughter, Vicky, into the estate. What was more, Vicky was her half-sister—born a mere month apart from Christiana. In this kingdom, it was customary for a magic crest to manifest by the age of ten, granting its bearer the ability to use magic. Yet, no matter how much time passed, Christiana’s magic crest never appeared. Then came her tenth birthday. “A girl without a magic crest is no daughter of mine!” With those harsh words from her father, Christiana was stripped of everything: her status as a count’s daughter, her own room, and the precious keepsakes left to her by her late mother. In their place, she was given a dilapidated shack and a maid’s uniform. Forced to work like common domestic help, she wasn’t even provided proper meals. When she fell ill, they didn’t even bother to call a doctor. It’s my fault for not being able to use magic. I’m useless, so I suppose I deserve this. Believing this deeply, Christiana was on the verge of giving up on everything. And yet—dormant within her lay a power that no one knew about. This is the story of a girl scorned as a good-for-nothing with nothing to her name, who breaks free from the hands of her abusers to claim her true home and her true power. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Forsaken Lady Became the Contract Wife of a Dying Marquess — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠