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00:03After I died, I walked into the soul shop.
00:08Such a tragic little life.
00:10Tell me, sweet thing, what do you want?
00:13I want a second life.
00:15Ooh, that doesn't come cheap, darling.
00:19What's your offer?
00:22My ability to love.
00:24Are you sure, darling?
00:26My parents chose their adopted daughter over me.
00:30My twin brother hated me.
00:33My fiancé cheated on me.
00:37I loved them.
00:39Every single one of them.
00:40And in the end, they just watched me die.
00:44So take it.
00:45Love has brought me nothing but pain.
00:50Then it's done.
00:55Go live your life again, little snow leopard.
01:00Without ever loving anyone.
01:04Lyra?
01:05Lyra?
01:08I found myself in the Vale Estate.
01:10My twin brother, Lucien, was in front of me.
01:13I had returned to four years before my death.
01:18Why are you zoning out?
01:20Our new sister's here!
01:26In my first life, four years later, that same hand would slap me across the face.
01:36Lyra?
01:37What's wrong?
01:38Before I could answer, the front doors swung open.
01:42My parents walked in with a little lamb between them.
01:49Nova.
01:50The adopted sister who had taken everything from me in my first life.
01:56Lucien.
01:57Lyra.
01:58Come meet your new sister, Nova.
02:02Lucien forgot me at once and raced toward Nova.
02:08They looked like a perfect family of four.
02:11In my last life, the sight had torn me apart.
02:15Our parents had once adored me.
02:18Lucien had once treated me like the most precious girl in Wonderpaw City.
02:23Then Nova arrived.
02:24Her father died saving my parents.
02:27So they took her in.
02:29Their love for me became pity for her.
02:31Their trust became suspicion of me.
02:35At 18, I caught Nova kissing my wolf fiancé beneath the garden.
02:40When I confronted them, they called me unstable.
02:43Lucien kicked me into a bed of thorns.
02:46My parents sent me to a psychiatric containment ward.
02:50I died there alone.
02:53Now there was no pain in my heart.
02:56Only a faint, empty tingle.
02:58The witch had kept her promise.
03:00I could no longer love them, which meant they could never hurt me again.
03:07Hi, sis.
03:09Lyra, come meet Nova.
03:12Without a word, I turned and walked back to my room.
03:19In my last life, before Nova, Lucien and I had been the Vale twins.
03:24We belonged to one of the wealthiest snow leopard families in Wonderpaw City.
03:28Our father, James, commanded the Wonderpaw Metropolitan Guard.
03:32Our mother, Maria, sat on the Wonderpaw City Council.
03:36No gift had been too expensive for us.
03:39At 12, Lucien used his prize money from the Junior Engineering Championship to buy me a black opal bracelet.
03:46It became the last birthday gift I ever received.
03:50After Nova arrived, every present meant for me somehow ended up in her room.
03:56Later, she broke that bracelet.
03:58Before I could say a word, she burst into tears.
04:02I only wanted to look at it.
04:05I've never owned anything beautiful.
04:10Stop upsetting Nova over some worthless trinket.
04:15But you're the one who gave it to me.
04:19This time, I opened my storage wall and packed everything valuable into a security case.
04:26The black opal bracelet went in first.
04:29Mother knocked after I finished.
04:31Sweetheart, dinner is ready.
04:33When I stepped inside the dining room, Nova was sitting in my chair.
04:37Try the honeycrop apples from Orchard District.
04:39I know they were your favorite.
04:41And I got you clover cakes from Meadow District and fresh mountain berries.
04:46Am I eating on the floor?
04:51Of course not.
04:53I forgot to have another chair brought in.
04:55I'm sorry.
04:56I didn't know I'd taken Lyra's seat.
04:58I'll give it back to her.
05:00Lyra, you can sit anywhere.
05:02Stop scaring her.
05:03Our parents watched me instead of correcting him.
05:06They expected a scene.
05:07In my first life, I had given them one.
05:14This time, I dragged a chair to the far end of the table and ate in silence.
05:19When I stood to leave, Father stopped me.
05:22Lyra, wait.
05:23Nova has fallen a year behind since losing her father.
05:27We want you and Lucen to repeat your current level with her.
05:32Nova needs her family beside her.
05:34Lucen already agreed.
05:37So that was it.
05:39They were asking me to throw away an entire academy year for Nova.
05:43Again.
05:44In my first life, I agreed.
05:46Lucien and I gave up our places in the honors program and repeated the year with Nova.
05:51One year later, my childhood fiance joined our class.
05:55Asher Gray, heir to the powerful Gray Wolf family.
05:58From that day on, the three of them made every academy day a nightmare.
06:02I don't know why Lyra hates me so much.
06:05Why can't you leave her alone?
06:08Asher always pulled me aside after class.
06:11I know you're not a bad person, Lyra.
06:13Just try to be nicer to her.
06:15But in public, he always took Nova's side.
06:19By graduation, everyone believed I was a jealous monster.
06:23So this time, I tilted my head at my parents.
06:28She needs two personal servants just to attend class?
06:36What did you say?
06:38Lucien already volunteered.
06:40Why do you need me?
06:43No one is asking you to serve her.
06:46We want you to bond as sisters.
06:49I'm not required to bond with her.
06:52Lucien stared at me as if I had become a stranger.
06:54You two can repeat level nine with her.
06:56I'm moving on to level ten.
06:58I went upstairs as Nova began to cry.
07:02At nine that night, Lucien knocked on my door.
07:04Lyra, are you awake?
07:07What do you want?
07:08Can you open the door?
07:10No.
07:12You're upset because I paid attention to Nova today.
07:15I'm not upset.
07:16She has no one.
07:17She's scared.
07:18I'm worried the other students will target her.
07:21I continued packing my clothes.
07:23I'll repeat level nine with her for one academic cycle.
07:27Then I'll take the advancement exams and catch up with you.
07:29Okay?
07:30You don't need my permission.
07:33Lyra, I'm not-
07:34I put on my noise-canceling headphones.
07:36His voice vanished.
07:39The next morning, I carried my travel case downstairs.
07:43Asher Gray was waiting in the living room.
07:45The young wolf was already taller than Lucien.
07:48Lyra!
07:49I came to take you to the academy.
07:53You never need to pick me up again.
07:57Why?
08:00Lyra, where are you going?
08:04Oh, I forgot to tell you.
08:07Starting today, I'm moving into the school dorms.
08:16Is someone here making you unhappy?
08:23Tell your father this isn't about Nova.
08:26You like your sister, don't you?
08:30They all waited.
08:32They wanted me to say Nova was innocent.
08:34They wanted me to take the blame for leaving.
08:37But disappointing them had become easy.
08:40No.
08:41I don't like her.
08:45I don't only dislike Nova.
08:47I dislike all of you.
08:50Send me back to the refugee station.
08:52Lyra hates me.
08:54I don't deserve a family.
08:56My parents rushed to reassure her.
09:01Take your own car.
09:04No.
09:08I'm going with you.
09:12In my first life, Asher had been my last safe place.
09:16When everyone accused me, he stood beside me.
09:20Let them choose Nova.
09:22I'll always choose you.
09:24I believed him.
09:25Then, on our 16th birthday, Nova collapsed at the party.
09:29Asher's hired therapist claimed that hearing my birth name worsened Nova's trauma disorder.
09:35My parents erased the name Lyra Vale from every identity record.
09:39They renamed me Luna Nova, a name created to bless her.
09:44Asher held me down while the clerk replaced my name in the city registry.
09:49Now he sat beside me, smiling as if he had never betrayed me.
09:54In 40 minutes, I would make sure he could never follow me again.
10:00At the school housing office, I transferred my housing allowance and signed the dorm contract.
10:07You're serious?
10:08I've been serious all morning.
10:13Why do you hate me?
10:14What did I do?
10:16His voice sounded hurt.
10:18Nothing like the older Asher who had pinned me against a wall and closed his hand around my throat.
10:30Before first period, I submitted a class transfer request through my phone.
10:35Minutes later, it was approved.
10:36I transferred from Honors Class 1 to Honors Class 2.
10:40After the first lesson, I carried my course tablets down the corridor.
10:48And that's when a basketball flew through the open classroom door.
10:59Inside Class 2, a boy still had one hand raised from the throw.
11:03He was broad-shouldered, even at 14.
11:06Kale Draven.
11:10The Academy's most notorious troublemaker.
11:13Sorry.
11:14My hand slipped.
11:23Best open seat in the room.
11:25Take it.
11:31The instructor said someone had to help the new student.
11:34The tips of his ears turned red.
11:35Thanks, but I prefer sitting alone.
11:37I chose the last desk by the wall.
11:40Then take my desk.
11:41I'll sit back there.
11:45You're too short to see anything from the last row.
11:51You're too short to see anything from the last row.
11:53You're coming back with me.
11:55Move.
11:56No.
12:05She said move.
12:12Are you always this pathetic?
12:14Or is today special?
12:16Asher looked at me, waiting for me to defend him.
12:20I began arranging my tablets instead.
12:24Class is starting. Get out.
12:28I'll wait for you.
12:29Don't.
12:37Wait. You're talking to me?
12:52I meant to do that. You're welcome.
12:59The next morning, Kyle switched desks with me.
13:02I told him the desk was disinfected every hour.
13:05He refused to listen.
13:07You're obviously obsessed with being clean. Sit in front.
13:12Over the following weeks, he showed me around Class 2.
13:15He even took my classroom maintenance shifts.
13:18So when our instructor asked me to tutor him, I agreed.
13:22Academy life settled into a routine.
13:25Using memories from my first life, I studied urban navigation,
13:29mammal biology, and self-defense theory years ahead of schedule.
13:33On weekends, I registered for wilderness survival modules and mountain expedition camps.
13:38My parents visited at first.
13:41Then they came less often.
13:43Their phone calls were always about NOVA.
13:45NOVA misses you.
13:47Will you come home this rest cycle?
13:49No.
13:52Lucian came every day.
13:54He carried hot food from home across two school districts.
13:58Sometimes NOVA followed him.
13:59Lucian is exhausting himself for you.
14:01Why won't you repeat level 9 with us?
14:04I never asked either of you to come.
14:09Asher often came with him.
14:11He no longer begged me to speak to him.
14:13He only watched me through the classroom window.
14:16I ignored them both.
14:18But every time Kale saw them, his black tail lashed behind him, and somehow another basketball always flew toward Asher's
14:27head.
14:29Two years passed.
14:31On the day before my 16th birthday, my parents and Lucian came to the academy.
14:38You're almost taller than I am.
14:40You haven't come home in so long.
14:42We decorated the estate.
14:44Come home tomorrow.
14:45Invite your whole class.
14:47Last year, we waited all night.
14:49Last year, Kale had taken me to an indoor climbing park.
14:52After climbing to the highest platform, we raced side-by-side on twin crimson zip lines.
15:01Can you stop locking yourself away for one day?
15:04It's your birthday.
15:05Try smiling.
15:06I tried.
15:10Happy birthday, Lyra.
15:12The wind in the dome had loosened something tight inside my chest.
15:16This year, I looked past my family.
15:19Nova had both hands wrapped around Asher's arm.
15:22The memory of losing my name made nausea rise in my throat.
15:28She brought me here.
15:30I was looking for you.
15:32I don't care.
15:35I already have plans.
15:38Did we make a mistake?
15:42The next night, class two turned off the lights.
15:50Open it.
15:51Inside was a starlight diamond hair class.
15:55In my first life, I had seen the same piece at Wonderpaw's most exclusive auction.
16:00I wanted to buy it for Mother Nova bid against me until Mother purchased it for her instead.
16:05Everyone told me I already had enough.
16:08Nova wore it every day just to torment me.
16:11Now it lay in my hand three years early.
16:16You stared at a cheap version in a market window.
16:19I thought this one would last longer.
16:26I love it.
16:28My heart gave one slow, impossible beat.
16:31The void merchant had taken my love.
16:33So why was it waking up for Kale?
16:38After my birthday, the Vale family stopped visiting.
16:41Even Lucian and Asher stopped coming.
16:44I learned why from Tessa, class two's unofficial information broker.
16:49Nova is sick.
16:51Really sick.
16:53What happened?
16:54Your mother suggested sending her to Meadowbrook Recovery Academy.
16:57Nova completely lost it.
17:01She screams whenever your parents leave the room.
17:04She even threatened to slit her own throat.
17:06She won't let Lucian attend class.
17:08Whenever he tries to leave, she grabs his wrist.
17:10She's already broken it several times.
17:14Nova had become exactly like me in my first life.
17:18The less attention she received, the harder she fought for it.
17:21But there was one difference.
17:23When I broke down, my family punished me.
17:26When Nova did it, they stayed beside her.
17:29It had nothing to do with me anymore.
17:32Without interruptions, I dragged all of class two
17:35into studying for the honors track placement trials.
17:38Anyone who tried to skip practice met Kale at the door.
17:41Sit down, or I'll use you for combat training.
17:44Six months later, every student in our class earned a place at Wonderpaw Central Academy.
17:51During winter break, I joined the Draven family on an expedition to Mount Frost Peak,
17:57the highest ice-covered mountain outside Wonderpaw.
18:00Kale's parents were legendary rescue climbers.
18:03They spent their lives navigating frozen mountain ranges and unstable disaster zones.
18:08Captain Mira Draven wrapped a thermal blanket around me at base camp.
18:12My beautiful little snow leopard, why couldn't you have been my daughter?
18:17Because I'm your child!
18:19Yes! Unfortunately, the universe gave me a giant male panther instead of a lovely daughter.
18:27At the summit station, Kale wrapped his scarf around me to block the frozen wind.
18:34Kale's ears turned red.
18:38For the first time, he did not look away.
18:45I did not enroll at Vail Crown School. It was owned by my family.
18:49That decision shattered Lucian. He finally left Nova behind and accelerated through two academic levels.
18:56He expected to meet me in the senior division.
18:59On registration day, he and Asher searched the entire incoming student registry.
19:05My name was not there.
19:08Nova's grades were poor.
19:10She could barely pass the junior curriculum.
19:14Still, she forced father to buy her a provisional seat in Lucian's senior class.
19:19Asher tried to follow me to Wonderpaw Central.
19:22His family locked him inside their estate instead.
19:26Before winter break, I had already returned our childhood engagement token to his mother.
19:31It was a moonstone bracelet.
19:36Please keep your son away from me.
19:39A childhood agreement between two families is not consent.
19:42I reject the engagement.
19:45After that, the Gray family cut contact with the Vails.
19:48My parents, Lucian and Asher, still flooded my phone with calls.
19:52Wonderpaw Central blocked personal devices during training hours.
19:55I also registered every one of them as an unwanted visitor.
19:59Over the next three years, I saw the Vails fewer than five times.
20:03Then came the Wonderpaw Emergency Services Academy entrance trials.
20:07Kale and I completed urban navigation, crisis strategy, mammal biology, and live rescue assessments together.
20:15When I left the examination hall, my parents were waiting.
20:18They looked 10 years older.
20:25Lira, I miss you.
20:27Please let me hold you.
20:29You miss me?
20:32You already have the perfect son and the gentle daughter.
20:35Why would you miss me?
20:39No, that isn't real. It was a dream.
20:45What did you do to your mother?
20:49I'm standing two meters away.
20:54Don't hit her!
20:56Lyra!
21:01Lyra, our girl!
21:03The trial stood beside her, taller than every other candidate.
21:06His broad, black-furred shoulders rose behind her.
21:10I ran toward them without looking back.
21:17The Dravens planned to leave for a Mount Frost Peak rescue expedition two days after the trials.
21:22Captain Draven drove the family rescue SUV.
21:25Mira sang badly in the front seat.
21:27Kale and I fell asleep in the back.
21:29Just as the SUV began to leave, it came to an abrupt stop, throwing us against our seatbelts.
21:33Someone had stepped into the estate's private driveway.
21:39It was Lucian.
21:43I had not seen him for a full cycle.
21:45He was barely recognizable.
21:53Move.
21:54This lane is active.
22:03Lyra, forgive us.
22:05Please, please come home.
22:07Mother is dying.
22:09She keeps calling for you.
22:19Kale, stop!
22:20Kale, stop!
22:25For one terrifying second, his rage felt familiar.
22:29Not the anger of a protective classmate.
22:31The fury of someone who had already watched me die.
22:34I agreed to return to the Vale estate.
22:42That wasn't me.
22:44I didn't kick you.
22:45I'm sorry.
22:47I pretended not to hear.
22:52I know you.
22:55You were there.
22:59What is he talking about?
23:03He's clearly lost his mind.
23:05But beneath my fingers, the panther's pulse was racing.
23:08The Vale estate looked like a war zone.
23:11Threats had been burned across the gates.
23:13Liars.
23:14Traitors.
23:15Your bloodline ends here.
23:24We're leaving.
23:28She needs to see how this ends.
23:32Where are they?
23:37Father is in intensive care.
23:39Mother is upstairs.
23:41Nova is in a secure psychiatric ward.
23:44You lied.
23:45You said they were all here.
23:48Mother really is dying.
23:50The upstairs doors burst open.
23:52Mother stumbled out.
23:56My Lyra!
24:03Did it hurt?
24:05Were you afraid?
24:06Her hands searched for wounds that did not exist in this life.
24:10I should have held you.
24:12I should never have let those officers take you.
24:14My breath stopped.
24:16She remembered.
24:17In my first life, I had clung to the estate doors while psychiatric officers dragged me away.
24:23I begged Mother for one last hug.
24:26She had looked at me with disgust.
24:28She said I was the shame of the Vale bloodline.
24:36You aren't crying for me.
24:39What?
24:41You're crying because you finally remember the kind of mother you were.
24:48You're crying because you finally remember the kind of mother you were.
24:50You
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