A Second Sunrise

d he bet

recede. Her thoughts spiraled back to the days when everything felt simpler. Humble beginnings

too crowded-but fate was always noisy. He had pursued her relentlessly. Six long month

d

t mistake

uld've listened to God... stuck to my gods..

the question cutting through her like broken gl

rse he

in another woman's arms be

meone I trusted knew? The idea that one of her friends may hav

ing the words like a bandage over an open

ir faces flickered across her mind like ghosts. Strained as t

tep. Every decision. Dictating who she could see, where she could go, what

eath of life. She'd chosen what she wore, who she spoke to, how she loved. And while

she correct

y thing they'd b

silence like thund

you awake?" came a voi

piraling thoughts. Right. This was

r, it's time

e again.

rom her cheeks and crossed

the soft-toned, ornate uniform of the royal house. Honey-bl

lady," the maid

a," October replied, surprised

ered, blinking. Why does my head

" Gloria asked gently,

wkwardly, mentally scolding herself. God, how emba

said, gliding toward the inner

could

she pressed her palm to her forehead. The memories were too much-

elt a light tap

Gloria said quietly, concern wri

headache," October replied softly,

mething for the pa

nk y

r clothes for the day," Gloria a

k you, but I can manage. Pleas

cting her mistress's space,

d away the nightgown and stepped into the steaming bath. The heat wrapped arou

st things

tual f** is

rom my past life and this one. I died. I remember how. And now I'm h

t out a weak laugh. Just let me wake up in a

This w

epressed noble girl with abandonment issues and enemies

g, a single tear sliding down her

his the plot