First Chapter Is Up; I'll Upload the Rest After I'm Done with My COVID Test. / The Valkyrie's Fall (2)

She envied Angelica. If only she had been the woman who entered Qin Chu's room. If only Qin Chu could share even a little of his love with her...

She had heard Qin Chu praise Angelica. How she wished she could be praised too, could be as intimate with Qin Chu as Angelica was, could be cherished by Qin Chu the way Angelica was.

Yet Qin Chu was so cold toward her.

She wanted to close the distance between herself and Qin Chu, but she did not know what she should do. All she could do was cast aside her dignity again and again, using her body to tempt him.

She felt less and less like herself. She needed to calm down.

There was frozen water in the imperial residence's icehouse. Ekaterina picked up a bottle and gulped down more than half of it in one go, but the chaos in her eyes did not diminish by much.

Saya watched every movement Ekaterina made. It seemed this woman was about to sink completely.

As expected of the Love That Topples Cities she had modified. One bottle was worth three...

Still, judging by this, it would be better to strengthen it a little more.

One bottle of ice water could not restore Ekaterina to normal. Her calm lasted only a fleeting instant, and she felt as though her body were still being tormented by flames.

Shaking her head, Ekaterina returned to the icehouse and poured down bottle after bottle of ice water.

Suddenly, Ekaterina's movements stopped. Her body became like a puppet, utterly motionless.

Clatter!

The wooden plaque in her hand fell to the floor.

Inside the master bedroom.

Angelica was already fast asleep. A trace of crimson still lingered on her face, and she seemed to be having a