snappe

ht, streaming through curt

the one on the base. Yellow flo

dizzines

isted metal, then a c

I knew

eeling for a heartbeat. It

d in. He looked younger, his hair less gray, his sho

ou're awa

the same, deep

about your future, sweetheart. You're of age.

I remembered this

first life took it

nued, "He comes from a good family, a strong mil

a

a bitter tast

g Mark Olsen, the handsome, ambitio

. The news he'd bee

stopped eating, stopped

oad months later. I didn'

Evans, his arm around her. They had faked his death. He' d chosen her, left

rayal, it had bee

ocused point of

ather prom

was my second chance

aid, my voice sur

d surpri

Mark

kind heart I'd only noticed in fleeting moments before. He was always tinkering with motorcycles, a rebel

Jake Kelly

"Jake Kelly? Colonel Kelly's

rst life, I'd meekly agreed t

ffirmed. "I want t

re still wide. "Well, that's... unexpected. But it'

wildered, but accepti

room, I let out

One differ

ybe, this life wou