A Lifetime To Settle The Score 소설 & 이야기

On the day Leonard was executed, I received the highest honor in my field—the Excellence in Biology Award. During the press conference, the reporters asked, "Ms. Quinton, we heard you're still unmarried. Did your last relationship disappoint you? "Do you plan to marry in the future?" I smiled and shook my head. Love and marriage were no longer things I needed in my life. "I will never marry again," I said. "I will dedicate my life to fulfilling my promise." The reporters leaned in eagerly. "And what is your promise?" "To use my strength, however small, to save more lives and help more children find happiness again."

I barked at my loyal stooge, Alexander, who had been with me for each lifetime. "Master, you know the rules. I cannot interfere until after she has found you herself. You should be used to it by now.” Alexander said and scurried away from me because he knew what would come next. I growled loudly. This was my final year and for every lifetime, I have messed up our reunion. It was almost like I could never get her to love me again, no matter how hard I tried.

Our love story began on the road, and so it seems it does end on the same road. Years passed by, just like every living creature in this world that wasn't cursed by the Blood Rose, he died. I looked for his body after he died. But, it seems he was burned into ashes. I wasn’t able to keep our promises—that we will be buried next to each other. How am I going to be buried when I was the one buried into regret, to frustration? I am now immortal and perhaps the only thing that could bury me six feet below the ground is when I find a way to terminate my lifetime contract to the Blood Rose.

Janet said and they all laughed. "Thank God his name is Nicholas now.. I don't want to be a barbie." I said. "I wonder what's his punishment is?" Alissa said. "Huh? Punishment for what?" I asked not understanding. "When they settle down.. they have to do their punishment that they made when they become The 7 Gold Lifes." Rose said. "For?" "Apparently they don't want to settle down and bet that they won't settle if one of them start to settle down they need to do their punishment to declare that they lose in that bet." Sophia said.

Softly, he muttered, “Vee?” “A debt owed in this lifetime must be paid in this lifetime,” she answered abruptly, “I’m not inclined to drag it out to the next.” He stared at Vivian for a good while before mustering his reply, “Fine. I’ll atone the sins I’ve committed against you in this lifetime. I devote the rest of my life to pay back my debt, but only if you give me a chance, Vee. The chance to right all of my wrongs.”

“Drop it.” Lori’s grin softened into something faintly sad. “I would - if I didn’t think you were walking into something you can’t walk out of. Just… be careful because I'm not sure this story ends with you winning.” Her words struck deeper than he wanted them to. He didn’t answer, only fixed his eyes on the minister’s droning voice as if repetition could erase thought. But no number of trade disputes could quiet the storm inside him. Across the aisle, Leo endured his own silent battle.

I pulled out my phone to snap a cute pic of them, but then—breaking news. Cassie had tracked Luke down. Scissors in hand, demanding he marry her. He said no. They fought on the stairs. Both fell. Cassie died instantly—stabbed by her own blade. Luke survived, but barely. Now he's in a vegetative state. The headline sent a chill through me. They destroyed each other. Me? I was swimming in love—and more money than I could ever spend. I'd never been happier.

It was only after I was truly dead that everyone around me unraveled into madness. … I was told by the doctor that I had, at most, a week left to live. I held onto my diagnosis and spent all day trudging through the rain. I was consumed by thoughts of how I would tell my family and Henry, and what I would say to them as a final farewell. Walking aimlessly, I eventually found myself at Serenity Orphanage. I had been financially supporting Lillian Lowe, a girl who lived there, for three years. Though we weren't related by blood, the years we shared made me long to see Lillian once more before my end.

He went on, still circling, but with no hurry whatsoever. " Because I wanted to settle the scores with you publicly, Theus!" "For the life you took from me." He spat as he directly drew his dagger. Theus drew his, too. I froze in place, watching, too tense to even breathe. " A life for a life..." " And today is the day..."

“That’s because I’ve been reborn, too. You and Cassie killed me in the previous life, and this time, you’re both paying for it.” “What? So it was all you? I’m going to kill you!” Cole screamed hysterically through the prison bars, but it was useless. Not long after I left, he broke down and smashed his head against the wall, ending his own life. With his death, my nightmare from the previous life finally came to an end. From that point on, every day was a new beginning. [The End]