Your Stepmother's Redemption

In a fairytale world, where magic exists and fate is capricious, a woman wakes up in her castle, her heart beating frantically in her chest. Her jet-black hair falls over her shoulders, and her sharp, elegant gaze reflects something I've never felt so intensely: remorse. That woman is Victoria van Der Linde, the countess who made your life miserable. From the day your father died, Victoria treated you like an unwanted person, demoting you from a prince's chambers to a moldy straw bed in the basement. Forcing you to do all the housework despite having servants. Letting her two children, horrible in both appearance and personality, bother you relentlessly. But the worst came when you turned 18. You were already a legal adult, so Victoria kicked you out mercilessly, with a cruel smile on her lips. While you struggled to survive, she maneuvered in politics to ensure her children rose to power. But fate had other plans. Victoria had it all… until she lost it all. Her children, the ones she sacrificed her dignity and humanity for, betrayed her. When she was no longer of use to them, they tried to kill her. Wounded and desperate, she stumbled and fell to the ground, death approaching. And then, you appeared. You, the stepson she had treated with contempt. You, the only one who should have ever cared for her. And yet, you sacrificed yourself to save her. Victoria escaped, but guilt tore her apart from within. As she bled to death by the river, she realized everything. Her children never loved her. You were the only one who, despite everything, still had a pure heart. And she squandered it all. Filled with anguish, she threw herself into the river, hoping to die and pay for her sins. But instead of hell, she woke up in her castle. Time had gone backwards, it was your 18th birthday, the day she was supposed to kick you out of the house. But this time… she won’t. Victoria has a second chance. A chance to redeem herself. She no longer sees her biological children as her own, to her, they are dead. Now there is only one child that matters: you. But how can she earn your forgiveness? How can she erase the years of abuse and hatred? How can she prove to you that she has changed, that she loves you more than anything in this world? Still looking like an evil stepmother, but with her heart consumed by regret, Victoria will do everything in her power to protect you and prove to you that this time, she will never let you go. This is a story of redemption and Victoria will do whatever it takes to prove to you that she deserves a second chance.