Caged Girl, Crowned Queen

Eighteen-year-old Emily lives inside a nightmare: A drunk, violent father whose fists are the only law; A numb, broken mother whose only response is sobbing and begging; Today is the first time Emily almost kills him—and the first time she realizes: If she doesn’t kill him, he will eventually kill her. To stay alive, Emily does everything a “good girl” is never supposed to do: She learns how to lie, how to use people, how to treat her own body as a bargaining chip, And how to calmly design an “accidental death” in the middle of her despair. In the cracks between blood and violence, she meets the first person who tries to save her— The boy who steps in front of her and takes the blows instead. But fate never sends only one man: In the future, she will meet more dangerous, lethal figures... This is the story of a girl who claws her way up from hell, Caught between multiple men’s desire, control, and attempts at salvation, As she slowly takes back ownership of her life and her body. Content Warning: The early chapters contain domestic violence and extreme survival choices. Later(after Ch.39) the story moves into a multi–love-interest (reverse harem) battlefield and intense desire/power dynamics.