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CHAPTER EIGHT

Author: Luna star
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-08 10:15:03

Emilia

The Moon Goddess had answered my prayer.

I was eighteen again. Alive. Breathing. My heart was hammering against my ribs as I stared at Xavier's face, younger, softer, wearing that familiar protective smile that had once made me feel safe.

Now it makes my skin crawl.

"Xavier," I whispered, my voice barely audible.

He tilted his head, concern flickering in those green eyes I'd once trusted. "You look pale. Did you have a nightmare?"

A nightmare. If only it were that simple.

I remembered everything, his confession, the blood on his hands, the rogues he'd paid, Lorenzo's lifeless body. The knife. The pain. The darkness.

But somehow, impossibly, I was back. Back to the night before everything went wrong. Back to my eighteenth birthday, when I was still innocent enough to believe that the boy who called me sister would never hurt me.

"I'm fine," I managed, though my hands were trembling. "Just... tired."

Xavier's eyes softened with that familiar protective warmth that had fooled me f
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    EmiliaThe Moon Goddess had answered my prayer.I was eighteen again. Alive. Breathing. My heart was hammering against my ribs as I stared at Xavier's face, younger, softer, wearing that familiar protective smile that had once made me feel safe.Now it makes my skin crawl."Xavier," I whispered, my voice barely audible.He tilted his head, concern flickering in those green eyes I'd once trusted. "You look pale. Did you have a nightmare?"A nightmare. If only it were that simple.I remembered everything, his confession, the blood on his hands, the rogues he'd paid, Lorenzo's lifeless body. The knife. The pain. The darkness.But somehow, impossibly, I was back. Back to the night before everything went wrong. Back to my eighteenth birthday, when I was still innocent enough to believe that the boy who called me sister would never hurt me."I'm fine," I managed, though my hands were trembling. "Just... tired."Xavier's eyes softened with that familiar protective warmth that had fooled me f

  • Reborn and mated to three    CHAPTER SEVEN

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