All Chapters of Rebirth: I Choose Peace Over Pursuit: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

After I decided to give everything up, my life entered a countdown. I was down to my final 72 hours. I made my way to the private pack infirmary. The infirmary room, which had been filled with laughter and cheerful voices just moments before, fell completely silent the moment I stepped inside. My brother, Alaric Sinclair, glared at me with open hostility."What are you doing here? Have you come to steal the Moonviolet serum? Let me tell you—from now on, Mom, Dad, and I won't be leaving Meg's side for even a second. You can forget about taking the serum!"I froze for a moment. In my past life, I had stormed into the infirmary, snatched the Moonviolet serum, and gulped it down in one go. Why were things different this time? Could Alaric have been reborn too?But none of it mattered anymore. "The family doctor already told us—you're perfectly healthy. There's nothing wrong with you at all! You only wanted to steal the Moonviolet serum to kill Meg! Evelina Sinclair, how can you be

At the hospital, Megan warmly took my hand as soon as she saw me. "Evie, thank you so much for giving me the company. I promise that the company's assets will double within a year under my management! Then, you can just sit back and wait for the dividends!"She pretended to be affectionate, but from an angle where no one else could see, her eyes glinted with cold mockery, silently declaring her victory."Yes, with Meg managing it, you can just relax and wait for the money. If you've got nothing better to do, then just go travel. Go on vacations, you know? You and Kenneth should hurry up and have a baby, too," Mom said, holding mine and Megan's hand in each of hers, looking emotional."You sisters should have been this united ages ago. It's all your fault, Evelina. As the older one, you never knew how to give in to your younger sister. From now on, you mustn't bully her anymore.""Yes, it was all my fault in the past. To make up for it, I plan to hand over all my investment accounts

Maia held up my phone to show me the message from Kenneth. It read, "Evie, the marking ceremony is in ten days. There's no time to get a new gown made, so let Meg wear the one you prepared. Oh, and remember the set of matching sapphire jewelry, too. Don't forget to bring that."The words on the screen seem to cut like a sharp blade, making my eyes sting.I lay on the hospital bed, my thin, frail fingers brushing weakly over the screen as a faint, bitter smile touched my lips."Hang in there, Evelina!" Maia's cries echoed in my ears, sounding as if they came from somewhere far, far away.I tried to force my eyes open, to tell her not to cry, but my eyelids felt weighed down by an impossible weight, impossible to lift no matter how hard I tried.The pain in my body grew distant and numb as death drew near. I felt as if I were floating in an endless void—just vast emptiness with nothing and no one around.My final thought cut through the darkness, clear and unyielding. If there was

Mom clutched at Maia's arm like it was her last lifeline, tears streaming down her face as her voice cracked with desperation. "Maia, how exactly did Evie die? Hasn't she always been healthy?"Maia's eyes blazed with disgust, and she roughly shook off Mom's hand.Then, she reached into her bag, pulled out a thick stack of printed chat records, and flung them violently onto the floor in front of them. "See for yourselves!"The sheets of paper scattered in the air, falling like snowflakes.Mom scrambled to pick up several sheets, and as she read, her entire body began to tremble uncontrollably.Kenneth snatched up a few pages as well. The color drained from his face in an instant, and his eyes were filled with shock and fury.Maia pointed at the chat records and said loudly, "This is proof that Megan colluded with your family doctor to forge Evie's medical reports! Megan faked an illness to win your favor while claiming Evie was perfectly healthy, and every single one of you blindl