Rebirth Before the End: The World Restarts With Us
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yes were clouded with confusion and despair. Her muddled consciousness was jol
ong, di
ted her to reach for the smartphone on he
ee hours of the 19th. The storm was predicted to be a Category 5, bringing heavy rainfall that would last for several days. Kaelira was bewildere
r alert, this time
he had truly been given a second chance. She had returned to five days before the hurri
urricanes, torrential rains, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes-each
was she supposed to just wai
a young, beautiful reflection. Her face was glowing, untouched by th
in the hospital when she was abandoned at birth. Later, Marcus
and radiant, her clothes spotless, her skin rosy. It was as i
n her peripheral vision, she saw Tessa take an
aelira opened her eyes again, she found herself in a sparsely furnished apartment with no doors. The apartment had a front yard that could accommo
floated in the liv
ealized the timer only counted down when people entered, but as l
the hurricane looming and other disasters sure to fol
er, so she used her phone to search for types of natural disasters. After reading the dense list of poss
k up on essentials for surviving a world without hospitals-antibiotics, painkillers, antiseptics, and a small stash of e
ul on the surface, there were intense power struggles behind the scenes.
she was tutoring and even cleaning toilets-as long as she was paid. She ranked highly in her exams, and as
hing as long as it was not illegal. After a decade, she had saved $500K in the bank, planni
essional classes, and in the evening, she was s
d hospitalized, unable to tutor for a considerable period. She as
parents were all well off. Among them, two sent $
out the impending hurricane and to stoc
ull pages. Many of the drugs were not only ex
ed for a pharmaceutical company. A new rich client needs these urgently, a
immediately,
, "Kael, this medication list
ferred. The medication ha
hung up the phone and transferred
ed out, her gaze falling on the limited edition, brand new Air Jor
an expensive apartment in a school district, even queuing up at the crack of dawn at a specialty store to buy him Air Jordans. She never spen
rejecting her confession of love. Worse, during the hur
attacked and slaughtered, he just watched coldly. If she had known this would hap
Marcus and Tessa would fare witho
month, followed by three months of torre
, wasn't submerged, but she was l
e rented a cargo van and headed straight to the Air Jordan store. The store clerk was surprised at her requ
se this money to stock up on enough rice, flour, and
e. She ordered stainless steel doors with triple deadbolts, knowing these reinforcements would w
sible window bars that could be latched and unlatched without power. For the balc
but when they heard which neighborhood and apartment building she lived in, they readily agreed. They had done plenty of
st bulletproof glass, priced at 600 dollars per square foot, with
? Well, in this lifetime, she wouldn
s and muttered, "This