In Another Life Novels & Stories

I found their discomfort amusing. It would be fun to see how things would turn out this time around. Maybe this was a dream or another version of the chasm. Whichever the case was, it would be interesting to see how this ‘other life’ plays out.

Jesus Christ! And as if on cue, the prayer I’d muttered while I lay dying in a pool of my own blood replays itself loudly in my head. “Dear universe… let me come back again. Let me have another life. Let me take revenge for my family. Take whatever you want from me in return.” Tears blur my vision. It really wasn’t a dream. None of it was. I’ve been given another chance. A second life. However twisted the universe is, it listened to my prayer.

She just blinked at me like I was a circus act she didn’t sign up to watch. Nothing made sense. Nothing. My brain tried to piece things together. And then it hit me. Something is wrong. Seriously wrong. This body isn’t mine. My mind is still me. I remember everything. My real life. My horrible family. Their betrayal. My fall. My death. So how the hell am I alive in another body? Unless… Unless this is another timeline. Or an alternate universe. Or some creepy rebirth ritual by a bored cosmic god who decided to play with my life when I made that prayer while falling.

APRIL In my next life, I’d either come as a monarch’s favorite tea cup, or not come at all. All because this life was started to feel far too gloomy and devastating to live through. If my first life was this tedious, why would I consent to another one? No bloody way. Aren’t you being a little too dramatic? came my subconscious’s snarky interruption.

I'm not taking the blame for it. Then, I smiled faintly and glanced at Emil. "In TV shows, a ploy like that could be used to set someone up and get rid of their own problems. Seeing that we've known each other for years, I'd advise you to investigate your lover." In my previous life, Sarah faked her death for many years and returned to the country in a blaze of glory. She had married an 84-year-old wealthy man abroad. Soon after, the wealthy man passed away, and she hooked up with his son.

She tells Ethan about the first life in February. Not the full version — the full version has no container, requires a context she cannot give, and produces a claim that no evidence could support. But the version she has been circling since the La Latina street and the Bunkers and the night she told him about the file and the Christmas morning on the Gràcia balcony when she said *in another life* and corrected herself.

Coming to this point, the man stop writing, look at her, and asked, "Now choose, what life do you wish to have?" Raizel thinked of it and asked herself, 'what are the things that lead to me and my family's death? Who caused it?'. It's not long before she find an answer, 'was it Chaster? No. My father? No. So was it me? I guess it's me. If only... If only I lived an Ordinary Life. Maybe we continue to live happy 'til today. That's right! Since it's a mistake to live a life beyond ordinary, then in my next life, I would like to live an Ordinary Life'

ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡᴀsɴ’ᴛ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ғᴀᴠᴏᴜʀ” “ɪ’ʟʟ ᴡᴀɪᴛ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʟɪғᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ”

"I'm sorry, Caitlyn. I had misunderstood you. I couldn't marry you in this life, but if there's a next life, I'll marry you as soon as I can." She rolled up her sleeve, revealing a new tattoo. It was a photo of us from when we were together. Through her tears, she said, "It's okay. I’ll never forget you. In the next life, I'll wait for you to marry me." Now free of attachments, I felt lighter. Slowly, I began to lose control over my form, and I realized my time in this world had come to an end. For the first time, I felt true peace. It was as if I was showing the living that death was not the end of life, but rather, the beginning of a new journey.

On the day Dad made me draw lots to choose a wife, I was about to draw a number when comments started flashing past. [Don't do it! The whole thing is rigged. You’ll only end up married to a hideous woman and be stuck in a cold, heartless marriage alliance with the Wests!] [You’ll end up the target of enemies of the West family even before you marry their daughter. You’ll fall into their devious trap and get burned to ashes in a fire!] [Your childhood sweetheart Mindy Sullivan has a bark that’s worse than her bite. Her disdain and disregard is just a farce. She really loves you. Marrying her is the right move!] My hand froze in midair. I told my dad that I wanted to marry Mindy. On my