The Fate I Stole

I died the night I lost everything.

My crown.
My child.
My future.

And the man I gave ten years to... chose her.

I should have stayed dead.

Instead-
I woke up ten years earlier.

To the night my fate was meant to be sealed.

This time, I remember.

The betrayal.
The lies.
The sister who was never innocent.

And the power inside me-
the one they tried to take with my life.

This time, I don't follow fate.

I break it.

And I choose him instead.

The man no one expected.
The one who doesn't belong in my story.
The one who looks at me like he already knows
I won't walk away.

Whatever this bond is-
it's not soft.
It's not safe.

It feels like something that could ruin us both...
and neither of us wants to stop it.

Let them watch.
Let them whisper.

They think they know how this ends.

They're wrong.

I've already died once.

This time-
I'm taking everything back.

Even if it destroys what's left of me.

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She died for love.
She came back for power.
This time, she might burn the world for both.