# Vile Awakening: Leveling the Forbidden City

Author: Evelyn Cross
Site: ReadNovelHub
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Genre: System-LitRPG-LevelUp

## World
Betrayed and executed, she returned with a system to steal every power in the city.

## Tropes
- Second Chance Romance
- Revenge Romance
- LitRPG System
- EnemiesToLovers
- DarkRomance
- Power Fantasy
- Second Chance
- Forbidden Romance
- LitRPG
- Reincarnation
- Progression
- Villainous Lead

## FAQ
### What is Vile Awakening: Leveling the Forbidden City about?
Betrayed and executed, she returned with a system to steal every power in the city.

### Who is the author of Vile Awakening: Leveling the Forbidden City?
Vile Awakening: Leveling the Forbidden City is written by Evelyn Cross. Read Chapter 1 free on ReadNovelHub.

### Is Vile Awakening: Leveling the Forbidden City a Second Chance Romance story?
Yes. Vile Awakening: Leveling the Forbidden City is tagged for Second Chance Romance, Revenge Romance, LitRPG System readers looking for North American romance-fantasy tropes.

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### What happens at the start of Vile Awakening: Leveling the Forbidden City?
"Kneel, Alice. Now." The blade hit the back of my neck before I could breathe. Cold steel biting straight into skin. "Get your hands off me, Caine," I spat. Blood hit the white marble.

## Chapter 1 teaser
### Dead on My Best Day

"Kneel, Alice. Now." The blade hit the back of my neck before I could breathe. Cold steel biting straight into skin. "Get your hands off me, Caine," I spat. Blood hit the white marble. "Too scared to look me in the eye while you play hero?" He leaned in. His breath was warm against my ear. Way too close. "I'm not playing, Alice," he said. "You're a monster. The whole city's screaming for your head. Why make this harder than it has to be?" "You set me up," I said. "The treason charges. The forged letters. You wrote every word, didn't you?" He gave me that look. That perfect, practiced pity he'd worn for three years. Didn't even blink. "I did what was necessary," he said. "You were a liability, Alice. Beautiful. Violent. Broken. I loved you once, but love doesn't fix that." "Love?" I laughed and it came out wet. "You loved my father's gold. You loved the seal. You never loved me for a second." "And now I don't have to." He flicked two fingers at the executioner. "Do it. Now." Silver flashed. Then red. So much red. The world tipped sideways. Heat sprayed across the marble — my blood painting it. I couldn't feel my hands. Couldn't feel my legs. Just that sick, split-second where my head wasn't on my body anymore. [SYSTEM INITIALIZING...] A neon-blue screen ripped through the black. Glitching. Pulsing like a heartbeat. [HOST STATUS: DECEASED (PHYSICAL) / ACTIVE (SOUL)] [PROTOCOL: VILE AWAKENING] [CONDITION MET: Betrayal by Primary Bond. Hatred Level: MAXIMUM.] "What the hell is this?" I tried to scream. No throat. No lungs. Just rage. "What are you?" [CALIBRATING TALENT STEALER...] [SAMPLED LIFEFORM: Alice (Former Villainess)] [RANK: F- (Degraded)] [OBJECTIVE: Reclaim power. Burn the empire. Level up or vanish.] Then the void snapped. I gasped. Air ripped into my lungs and i

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