ra'

nc

covering my chest where there is

s gold-tinged in the s

n actually hear it in my ears. I search the room qu

ts next to it, safely tucked into its own wrapping of silk. The vanity table holds

isper. "It

assian's expression and how calm and ruthless he was. I remember the coldness of the warehouse floor und

member e

I her

own reflection. There is no wound on my face, no mark on my skin. I look exactly like I did in the

hisper. "Some kind of hal

st so painfully that I win

and in walks Sable, m

ns in two hours. Do you want me to send your breakfast

y brain working overtime.

y my question. "Fourteenth, Mis

tricts. "But i

f course," she laughs, "are you fe

y swiftly, "just a ner

ything she had said fit perfectly into what I remembered. Same day. Same

on?" I whisp

d, as if something was getting in the way. My surroundings turn i

I find myself somewhere

nds me, there are no walls or any floor visible, only warmth. In

yself, barely abl

me I saw her – warm brown eyes, gentle smile which us

e said, holding her ar

raid that she will evaporate once I touch her

But you're here now, and

id I just die again? I

no dream, Veyra. This is not death. You've

in my head, but I cannot comprehen

e beginning of that day with everything you have been through fresh in your

" I say softly. "He killed you and D

ite of the pain in her eyes. "I know what he

ce shaky. "How can I stop any

r a brief second, I feel the warmth tha

t in vain. Use it. Learn the truth. Hold those who are responsible accountable.

I see a crumpled sheet o

when you wake up. Remember this moment. It

hand to grasp t

I wak

tare at the ceiling, hoping that the dizziness will pass away so that I can thin

ething that is

up my hand a

real

er how my eyes can possibly see what they are seeing; but

isper to myself. "

uth; she had given me a second chance. I am back in the past, having complete information about everything that Cassian had done-how h

s and try to

be happen

urtyard where in less than a day's time, my wedding with Evren would start. Where Cassi

this

destiny he will give Evren and to me if I don't marry Evren. I will not allow myself just not to marry him because then

be able to stand against Cassian. Someone whom he f

ly who I am

call the number of the wedding coordi

rything is on schedule for tonig

steadyi

eed to make a chang