LOGINALIRA’S POVThe more I looked into this case the less I seemed to see and what I was worried about the most was that I had no ally.I had no one I could trust anymore and because of that, fear was gradually slipping into my mind.The doctor didn't know where she was and he refused to tell me her initials.Why?I slowly placed the phone down.My mind was racing but then another thought hit me.What if the doctor was one of the three people?What if he wasn't simply someone who had been reborn?What if he was one of the people who had returned with me?I immediately dismissed the thought.No.He had already told me his story…he had died trying to save someone.His reason for returning was different from mine but then again…I had no proof that he was telling me the truth.I walked to the window and looked outside.The world looked peaceful but I knew better.There were too many secrets hiding underneath the surface and now I had another question.Who was the doctor from my previous life?
ALIRA'S POV“Who are you?”The question escaped my lips before I could stop myself.I stared at the empty room, my heart pounding heavily against my chest.The dream was gone but the feeling it left behind remained.I could still see the woman's face in my mind.The doctor from my previous life.The woman who had sat across from me and delivered the worst news of my life….the woman who had told me that I could no longer carry a child and now, somehow, I had seen her again or at least, someone who looked like her.Someone with the same initials.Someone who was connected to the same strange phenomenon that had brought me back to life.My breathing instantly became shallow.“No…” I shook my head.I couldn't allow myself to jump to conclusions because there had to be an explanation.Maybe it was a coincidence or maybe the initials meant nothing.Maybe my mind was simply connecting things that weren't supposed to be connected but deep down, I knew better.Nothing about my second life had
ALIRA’S POVAfter banging repeatedly, there was silence.Just a second ago, my mother had been banging on the door like she wanted to tear the entire house down… and now,Nothing.I frowned slightly as my hand was still resting on the door handle.Behind me, Iris shifted.“Why did she stop?” she asked quietly.I didn’t answer because I didn’t know and that alone made my chest tighten.“Iris…” I said under my breath.She turned to me immediately.“What?”“Don’t open that door.”“Why?”“I don’t know yet but something feels off.”For a second, we both stood there listening.Suddenly we heard a sound from the kitchen as the kitchen doorknob twisted.My heart dropped.“She’s trying to come in through the back,” Iris muttered, anger flashing across her face.Then there was a loud bang against the door.“ALIRA!!!”Her voice rang through the house.“OPEN THIS DOOR BEFORE I BREAK IT DOWN!!!”“What the hell is her problem??" Iris asked.I folded my arms slowly, leaning slightly against the wall
ALIRA’S POV“Do you feel better now Alira??" Iris asked."Yes Iris.” I said as I sat at the edge of the bed, slowly putting on my shoes, my fingers trembling just a little not from weakness… but from everything that had happened.From everything I had almost lost.“Be careful.”The doctor’s voice echoed again in my head.“Iris, please can you get me a can of soda from the machine in the hallway??" I asked as I tried to get Iris out of the room because of the doctor.“Sure." She said as she walked away.I looked up at him where he stood by the window with his arms folded, eyes fixed on me with a seriousness that made my chest tighten."She doesn't know??" He asked.“No…not yet.”“I mean what I said, Alira,” he said firmly. “This is not the time to be reckless…not anymore.”I exhaled slowly.“I wasn’t being reckless,” I muttered.“You were attacked in your own company..Something was thrown directly at your stomach.” His voice lowered slightly. “That is not a coincidence.”“I know.”“A
ALIRA’S POVDarkness came first..then voices and then memory.Not the kind that arrived gently.The kind that dragged me by the throat back into a moment I had spent every waking day trying not to relive.In the dream, I was back in that house.The old staircase stood before me exactly as I remembered it…wide, polished, elegant, and cursed.Every detail looked painfully real.Then Alec’s voice behind me was sharp and angry.“Stop acting like a maniac and tell me what you heard!! Alira…please listen to me!! I swear I didn't mean to hurt you….Alira?? Alira??” I turned in the dream exactly as I had done that day in my previous life.His face was blurry at first, then clearer.The same face I had once loved enough to die for.The words were unclear now, swallowed by dream haze, but the feeling remained vivid..the anger, the betrayal, the exhaustion.Then I turned toward the stairs.A hand behind me.A sudden force.A shove.My body lurched forward.The terrifying emptiness beneath my fee
ALIRA’S POVMorning arrived with a dull ache behind my eyes and a stronger ache inside my thoughts.For a few seconds after opening my eyes, I forgot Alec was still in my house then I heard movement from the living room as I sat up immediately.The memories of last night returned one after another: his drunken answers, his careless laughter, his body collapsing across my couch while I stood there wondering whether I had learned anything useful at all.I wrapped a robe around myself and stepped out of the room.Alec was already awake.He stood near the couch, one hand pressed to his forehead, the other adjusting his shirt like a man trying to gather his dignity after a bad night.When he saw me, he sat up straight.“Morning.”His voice sounded rough and I folded my arms.“You look terrible.” I said as he gave a tired smile.“I feel worse.”His eyes moved briefly around the room, perhaps trying to remember exactly how the night had ended.Then he cleared his throat.“I should leave.”“S
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN "Then take me Liam.” I whispered softly as Liam took a deep sharp breath in.I could see the desire in his eyes and I knew that resisting me was going to be nearly impossible at that point.He crashed his lips back to me and kissed me roughly.It was a fast and needy kiss and
ALIRA'S POV “What the hell was that for??!!" Alec yelled in anger.“Oh goodness, I am so sorry Alec..I thought I saw something creeping up your face…I didn't do that intentionally.” I said."You saw something creeping up my face and you couldn't just say it with words??” He asked, clearly still an
ALIRA'S POV “Hello sister...fancy seeing you here." I said with a smile on my face."Alira?? You are here??” She asked with a surprised look on her face."Yes Betsy….is there a problem??" “What are you doing here??? I mean…I didn't realize that both of you were still in touch." She said with a ti
ALIRA'S POV "Will you marry me?"The velvet box trembled slightly in his hands, and the candlelight flickered around us. For a moment, I couldn’t breathe…not from joy and definitely not from surprise but from the surreal recognition.This had happened before..Exactly this way. The rooftop restau







