Chapter 3) Reborn.

“Huff!”. Both my eyes snapped open, and I sat up on the bed, panting.

I was sweating all over, and my chest felt very tight and heavy, making me clench it as I groaned in pain.

“Ha- ha”. I took several deep breaths, and eventually, my body started to feel light, until I could not feel pain anymore.

“What is this?”. I muttered in disbelief as I stared around my room. The same familiar room which haunted me to my death.

My feet touched the ground as I continued to look around, trying to figure out what was going on. “Am- didn't I just die?”. I asked myself, before I pinched my cheek, thinking I was not going to feel any pain.

But, I was wrong.

I was alive. And, this… this was not the afterlife.

Panicked, I rose to my feet and hurried to stand in front of the large wall mirror. The reflection in the mirror took me by surprise, and I found myself taking a step back, as I slightly shook my head in disbelief.

It was my figure. I was no longer fat. I really wasn't.

And my favorite swan designed nightgown fitted my body perfectly and brought out my hidden curves.

Tears escaped my eyes and streamed down my cheeks, and hearing the voice I had missed so dearly, caused more tears to stream down my cheeks.

‘What's wrong, Séraphine? Are you crying right now?’. Sarah asked, making me shut my eyes tightly.

“I miss you so much, Sarah. I miss you so much”. I broke down crying and fell to my knees. I really could not control my emotions. I was still trying to understand if all these things were real.

‘You are weird today, Séraphine. Did you have a nightmare?’. Sarah asked me. She was my wolf.

I sniffed my nose. “Tell me, Sarah, what year are we? And… what day is today?”. I asked her.

‘Okay, now you are acting creepy’. Sarah said, but anyway, she answered my question after a brief sigh, ‘Today is 22 July, in the year 1801s. Is there any problem?”.

I gasped and covered my mouth using my palm. “No- no way”. I muttered and fell to my knees.

Suddenly, I felt goosebumps all over my body, as I realized that I had been reborn a year ago.

I had truly been reborn.

It wasn't a dream. But, it was real.

Tears streamed down my cheeks as I stared at my hands.

My fingers were long, slim, smooth, and were void of bruises. And my silver hair… it still shone so brightly, like the night moon itself.

‘You are really acting strange, Séraphine. Are you sure you don't need the pack’s doctor to check up on you?’. Sarah asked me, and sensing she was going to get more worried about me, I stopped crying and tried to compose myself, even though I felt overwhelmed.

‘I have told you, you shouldn't cry because of those people. They don't love us as their Luna anymore? But, you still have me. And, I have you. We have each other’. Sarah said.

She must think I was behaving like this because our pack had turned their backs on us.

Though, I just knew that I had to play along with her. I could not possibly tell her that we had both died and had just been given a new chance at life.

I forced myself back to my feet and completely wiped off the tears on my cheeks.

“You are right, Sarah. We have each other”. I said to her, knowing fully well that I wouldn't fall for the same mistake twice.

The sudden sound of the door opening made me turn in the direction of the door.

Even before he walked in, his scent came upon my nose, before I saw him walk in.

Daxter.

He looked masculine and tall as ever, with his hair shimmering like night itself, and his pair of amber eyes looking so dangerously alluring.

Seeing him made me clench my fists at my sides, and a memory voluntarily played inside my head.

It was the last scene I witnessed before I gave up the ghost.

How he hurried to the prison cell, like he actually cared about me.

If it were before, I would have looked at him with complete love and tried to please and gain his attention. But seeing him now, it felt like my heart had died.

‘What is he doing here?’. I thought, because as long as I could remember, this scene was not a part of my last life.

Could it be that my reawakening had changed fate itself?