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The last thing Siera heard was the screech of tires.
She was crossing the street! Green light. Holding a cup of coffee and a phone. Sending a message to her editor to explain that she would be late with a deadline.
Then someone screamed.
She looked up. A truck. Coming fast. Too fast.
She couldn't even catch her breath long enough to put down her cup of coffee!
The impact was instant. The pain was brief. Then nothing.
Siera awoke gasping.
Silk sheets. Canopy bed. Chandelier overhead. It was not her house. This wasn't the street. This wasn't death.
Her phone buzzed. She grabbed it.
May 1. 8:03 AM.
She looked at the computer screen. May 1. The apocalypse began June 1st. One month.
But this was not her cell phone. The lock screen featured a picture of a woman that resembled her, albeit softer. Spoiled. Pampered.
Siera placed her hand on her chest. There was the jade pendant her mother's pendant. The one she'd been wearing when she died.
A soft ding.
[Transmigration complete.]
[Stockpile System activated.]
Space Level 1: 1 m³. Store non-living items. Time frozen inside.]
Upgrade: Put 100 instant noodles in the store.
Siera’s breath caught. She was familiar with this world. The Last Empress. She’d read it seven times.
She was Siera Blackwood. The bit player evil woman. The one who died in Chapter 3, alone in a group of zombies pushed by a stepsister, abandoned by her fiancé. A footnote.
Not this time.
She used the banking application. 2.3 million dollars. Not billions. But enough.
She recalled the numbers from the lottery from the book. Chapter 5. A character in the side was a winner of 5 million. The numbers: 03, 12, 18, 24, 31, 07.
On that afternoon, she purchased the ticket.
After all that evening she took a look at the results.
Jackpot winner: 1 ticket. Numbers: 03, 12, 18, 24, 31, 07.
Five million dollars. Plus 2.3 million. Seven million total.
Enough to stockpile. Enough to prepare.
The next morning, she went to the wholesale market.
Instant noodles first. Ten cases. They were stored in her and her system dinged.
[Space Level 2 unlocked: 10 cubic meters. Water purification.]
She didn't take time to read the details. She simply kept on going. Rice. Canned meat. Bottled water. Cooking oil. Salt. Sugar. Matches. Candles. First-aid kit.
Space Level 3: (50 cubic meters) Garden plot.]
More supplies. Dried vegetables. Powdered milk. Batteries. Warm clothes. Boots. A crossbow. Arrows.
Space Level 4: 100 cubic metres. Animal pen.]
She bought chickens. Rabbits. A goat. Sown wheat and vegetables. At night, half of her space was filled.
She was not bothered with the mechanism. Care about survival was her concern.
Marcus was outside her apartment.
Siera's fingers clenched the steering wheel. He was going to be here tonight in the novel. Pretended to care. Persuaded her to mortgage her savings. Then abandoned her to be killed.
She parked. Got out. Smiled.
"Siera!" He jumped in, handsome and unremembered. I was worried about you, didn't reach out to you.
"I was busy."
He stretched out towards her hand. "Let me make it up to you. Dinner?"
Siera turned her gaze to him. His wrist watch. Sophie’s gift. It's the one she found in his drawer the last time.
"No," she said.
He blinked. "What?"
I do know you and Sophie.
His face went pale. What do you mean?
“Texts. Photos. Hotel receipts,” I said. She didn't, not yet, but he didn't know that. If you don't sign the divorce papers by tomorrow, I'll share them with your boss, your mother, and all of your contacts.
He laughed. "You’re bluffing."
Siera smiled. "Am I?"
She passed him by, unlocked her door and slammed it in his face.
One betrayal avoided. One face slapped.
She opened her space. There are noodles, rice, water, meat, medicine and a crossbow. Enough for months.
There are 29 days until outbreak.
She smiled.
This time she would be prepared.
So this time, Marcus and Sophie would receive what they deserve.
Siera did not drive homeShe drove the other way, north towards the mountains, as the black sedan pulled up behind her. The world's attempt to "fix" the plot was one fatal flaw: it relied on the weaknesses of the original Siera Blackwood, who would not know how to deal with a vehicular assault. Neither would she have a reinforced truck.Most importantly, she wouldn't know about the cabin.In The Last Empress , there was a minor character introduced in Chapter 12 - a paranoid doomsday prepper named Frank. He had built an off-grid safe house deep inside the northern woods. It had solar panels, a water well, and a greenhouse.He also died in Chapter 14 - leaving the cabin empty.Siera knew exactly where it was. She pulled into a 24-hour diner on the edge of the city, parked her truck behind the building, and checked her space.[Space Level 5: 200 cubic meters. Garden plot. Greenhouse. Animal pen.]She climbed into the back seat and pulled a blanket over her, trying to sleep. She had 26 d
Siera woke up the morning of Day 27 to receive a text message from an unsaved contactRichard Blackwood: Family dinner tonight at the estate. 7 PM. Do not embarrass this family again.She blinked at the text. Richard Blackwood. Her father in this world. In The Last Empress, Richard was a wimp who let his new wife Victoria bleed his late wife's estate dry to spoil her own daughter, Sophie. He was a weenie who didn't hit you, but watched while others hit your backside and blamed your bruising on yourselfIn the novel, Siera Blackwood had been invited to the dinner. She had cried her eyes out, pleaded with her father to understand that her sister Sophie was playing tricks with her head and endured the poison words of her stepmother, Victoria. The dinner at which it was announced that Siera was to be engaged to Marcus, effectively tying her wealth to a man who was already sleeping with her stepsister.Siera smiled and replied: I'll be there.She had an improved script this time. Plus, she
Siera opened her eyes before sunrise, with a plan in place.She had twenty-eight days.Twenty-eight days to prepare for the end of the world.She would have plenty of time to complete her preparations.First, she headed for the car.She entered the car dealer by nine o'clock in the morning, wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, with her jade pendant hidden beneath the fabric folds of her shirt.The agent who took care of her was a middle-aged man with oily, gelled, long, black hair, and the first thing he saw, he decided that she was not worth his time."I want something sturdy," she said confidently, "And something that could also handle a rough terrain."The agent waved his hand lazily, ushering her to follow him, "These are our bestselling cars, which you have already seen on the website before coming here" "No," Siera shook her head and pointed to the black pickups in the distance, "I want that one."The man's smile vanished immediately and stared at the black pickup. It had an
Siera woke up before dawn. She had the plan.She only had twenty-nine days. That was all the time she had to prepare. To gather her supplies and rewrite her death flag and not waste a moment on meaningless things.She dressed fast in jeans, a shirt and boots. No designer clothes. No jewelry save for her mother's pendant. She was not the Siera Blackwood who had laid waste to the world. She was someone new, who prepared well before an apocalypse.She drove the bank and withdrew fifty thousand dollars, then drove to the rural supply store remembered from the novel. The owner was a paranoid man who kept his best stock in the back. The supplies had sustained a group of survivors for months, in the novel, where the store man had died in the first week of the outbreak.This time she would get there first.The store was full of fertilizer and old rotting wood. A bell above her head chimed."Help you?" The storeman asked, looking up from the paper."Seeds." She said. "Wheat, vegetables, herbs.
The last thing Siera heard was the screech of tires.She was crossing the street! Green light. Holding a cup of coffee and a phone. Sending a message to her editor to explain that she would be late with a deadline.Then someone screamed.She looked up. A truck. Coming fast. Too fast.She couldn't even catch her breath long enough to put down her cup of coffee!The impact was instant. The pain was brief. Then nothing.Siera awoke gasping.Silk sheets. Canopy bed. Chandelier overhead. It was not her house. This wasn't the street. This wasn't death.Her phone buzzed. She grabbed it.May 1. 8:03 AM.She looked at the computer screen. May 1. The apocalypse began June 1st. One month.But this was not her cell phone. The lock screen featured a picture of a woman that resembled her, albeit softer. Spoiled. Pampered.Siera placed her hand on her chest. There was the jade pendant her mother's pendant. The one she'd been wearing when she died.A soft ding.[Transmigration complete.][Stockpile







