The rain fell like knives.
Ava's body was dragged across the cold ground, her wrists tied, lungs burning as she struggled to breathe. The mansion she once called home the Hart Mansion stood behind her, glowing in warm light. But inside that warmth lived the demons who destroyed her soul.
Her husband, Liam, stood a few feet away, soaked yet smiling coldly.Beside him was Nina Ava's own sister beautifully dressed, eyes sparkling with triumph.
"Please… don't do this…" Ava's voice cracked.
Liam didn't even look at her.Nina leaned down, whispering near Ava's ear,
"You were always the useless one. I deserve this life not you."
Ava's pulse froze.
The hired men lifted her up and pushed her toward the bridge's edge.The river below roared like a hungry beast.
"Liam… you promised…" Ava cried, helpless tears streaming.
He finally looked at her not with love, but annoyance.
"Mother said you're nothing but a burden. Nina will replace you. Goodbye, Ava."
Those final words crushed the last piece of her heart.
The men shoved her backward.She fell.Wind rushed against her skin.Water swallowed her whole.
As darkness closed in, her thoughts screamed
I never wanted this life.I never wanted him.But why did you betray me, Nina? Why?
Cold water forced into her lungs.Pain vanished.Only regret remained.
Her final breath turned into a silent prayer
If there is a god… give me one chance…Let me return.Let me destroy them all.
The world faded.
…
But something someone answered
Chapter One Rebirth
Ava gasped.Air warm, sweet air filled her chest.
She shot upright, heart racing, expecting chains, expecting darkness.
But instead…she sat on a soft bed in a room with floral wallpaper she recognized.
Not the Hart Mansion.No river.No ropes.
Her childhood room.
Ava's trembling fingers touched her own face soft, uninjured.
A mirror stood across from her.She saw herself younger. Around 17. Before the marriage. Before the torture. Before betrayal.
A choked breath escaped her lips.Her heart hammered hard not from fear, but disbelief.
I'm back.I'm alive.
She clutched the bedsheet tightly as a new sensation surged in her mind whispers. Unfamiliar… yet familiar.
⟪ Look at her, always so pretty. Does she think she's better than us? ⟫
Ava turned sharply.Two maids were standing by the door, not speaking a word — only thinking.
Her eyes widened.
Their voices continued…
⟪ I hate how Mother favors her. ⟫⟪ Such a doll face… makes me jealous. ⟫
No mouths moved.No sound was heard.
I can hear them… their thoughts.
Ava's breath slowed as shock melted into calm realization.
The gods granted her more than just life they gave her a weapon.
She placed her hand over her heart.
"I won't beg for love again," she whispered."This time… I will make them beg."
Her fear of blood still trembled under her skin, memories clawing through, but vengeance burned hotter.
Footsteps echoed in the hallway below.Her mother's commanding voice distant but unmistakable.
⟪ Ava must marry Liam Hart. That family could lift us higher… We will force her if we must. ⟫
Ava froze.Her blood chilled and boiled at once.
The same marriage.The same nightmare.Not. This. Time.
Her fists clenched.
She stepped out of bed with a new gaze cold, calculating, terrifyingly composed.
She would turn this fate upside down.She would expose the secrets buried in hearts.She would take down two wealthy families with her own hands.
And she already knew who her first target was.