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At her own funeral, the heroine catches her stepsister using the “Double Wishes Rule of Menstrual Blood” to steal her wealth, her lover, and even her life. Reborn on the night of the wish-granting ceremony, she turns the tables on her stepsister, allowing the greedy girl to win double the wealth—only to watch her plummet step by step into the abyss: her reputation in tatters, her mother brutally murdered, and ultimately trapped in an endless slumber. The heroine, however, makes a stunning comeba
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00:00Chloe Sterling walked into my private memorial on Nathaniel Granson's arm,
00:04wearing a black silk dress and a smile she didn't even bother hiding.
00:08My coffin was sealed.
00:10Even Rovensville's best reconstruction team couldn't make me look human again.
00:13Half a month in Caleb Price's hands had turned me into the scandal every respectable family wanted buried.
00:18Only a few people came.
00:20White roses, security, a black coffin, and me watching from above.
00:24Thanks for dying, sis.
00:26You finally got that psycho out of my life.
00:28I heard every word.
00:29Then she laughed softly, fingers locked around Nathaniel's sleeve like she'd earned him.
00:33That was when I learned the truth.
00:35Six months earlier, I'd saved a trapped moon wolf spirit in Silverwood Preserve.
00:39Luna Ashflind had granted me three moon blood wishes under the moon goddess covenant.
00:43I wished for a hundred million dollar lottery win, Nathaniel's love, and breathtaking beauty.
00:48That was when I learned the truth.
00:49Every wish triggered the blood feud mirror law, giving my sworn enemy double the blessing.
00:54And Chloe had known it from the start.
00:56She'd caused my mother's death, stolen my father, my fiancé, and my future.
01:00She was my blood feed.
01:01So when I won one hundred million, she won two.
01:04When Nathaniel fell for me, she became the woman he could never forget.
01:07When I fought my way back, she crushed my career with half the effort and twice the luck.
01:12Then she fed Caleb just enough lies to make him believe killing me would save her.
01:15She got rid of a stalker, erased me, and swallowed my inheritance.
01:19Standing at my coffin, she still dared to gloat.
01:22I lunged at her, claws made of hatred reaching for her throat.
01:25The second I touched her, the chapel shattered into darkness.
01:28I hated her.
01:29I refused to disappear like that.
01:31If fate gave me one more life, Chloe Sterling would pay for every drop of blood she owed me.
01:38Evelyn, Nathaniel went into the preserve alone.
01:41Please, you have to save him.
01:42Chloe's sugary voice sliced through the freezing night, and my eyes snapped open.
01:46Blue-gray fog rolled over the Silverwood Preserve entrance, swallowing the Pine Road and the broken warning signs.
01:51I knew that fog.
01:52I knew that night.
01:53I'd been reborn on the exact evening Nathaniel took me on that private getaway outside Rovensville.
01:58Chloe had staged the whole thing.
02:00She made me believe Nathaniel was in danger, pushed me into the Forbidden Woods, and let me save Luna Ashving.
02:07Then she waited for me to make my wishes, so she could take twice the reward.
02:11Evelyn, why are you just standing there?
02:13You love Nathaniel, don't you?
02:15I could turn around and leave, but my coffin, her smile, and my mother's cold hand flashed behind my eyes.
02:20Leaving was too easy.
02:22Real revenge means walking into the trap and then turning it against the person who said it.
02:26I'll go. Right now.
02:29Relief flashed across Chloe's face before she buried it.
02:32I got this from an old ranger. Someone saw Nathaniel near this spot.
02:35I took the map and walked into the fog without looking back.
02:38If Chloe wanted double the reward, I'd make sure she got it.
02:45With my last life burned into my bones, finding Moonshadow Hollow took less than an hour.
02:49The clearing opened under a dead white moon, ringed by black pines and claw marks carved into stone.
02:54In the center lay a silver white wolf, one hind leg trapped beneath a thundersplit oak steak wrapped in old
02:57hunter's silver.
02:58Every time the silver touched her fur, smoke curled up with a hiss.
03:02Even a moon wolf spirit couldn't break that seal alone.
03:05I found a rusted iron bar under the leaves,
03:09redged it beneath the tan, and pushed until my palms split.
03:12The wolf collapsed, panting, while I tore my shirt and bound the burned leg.
03:17Moonlight thickened.
03:18A translucent silver wolf rose above the body, eyes bright as sharpened coins.
03:22Kind mortal, I am Luna Ashfang.
03:24For saving me, I grant you three moonblood wishes.
03:27In my last life, I had asked questions like a fool.
03:30This time, I didn't waste one breath.
03:33I want to win $100 million in the state lottery.
03:38Granted.
03:39Now speak your second wish.
03:44I'll tell you when I'm ready.
03:46Luna froze, the silver light around her ears flittering.
03:49That is not how this works.
03:51Why not?
03:52A wish matters.
03:53I should think it through.
03:55Her lip curled, showing bright spirit things.
03:57Speak now, or I withdraw the first wish.
04:00There it was.
04:01The lie.
04:02Luna thought I didn't know the moon goddess covenant.
04:05Once saved, once bound.
04:06She had to fulfill all three wishes unless I refused them myself.
04:10Without that, her moon trial would fail,
04:12and the silver chain curse would drag her back into the seal.
04:15So I smiled and shrugged, then withdraw it.
04:18The clearing went dead silent.
04:19She stared at me like I had bitten her first.
04:22After a long, furious pause, she growled.
04:25Fine.
04:26Think fast.
04:28Don't worry, I'm more eager than you.
04:30Chloe owed me a debt no court could price.
04:33Luna's spirit folded into moonlight,
04:35then hardened into a silver wolf pendant with pale stone eyes.
04:38The pendant settled against my collarbone, cold as a warning.
04:44At dawn, I stumbled out of silverwood preserve covered in mud, blood, and pine needles.
04:49Chloe rushed at me before I even crossed the road.
04:51Evelyn, thank God you're alive.
04:53I was so scared.
04:54I shook off her hand like it was something rotten.
04:56In public, Chloe always played the trembling victim,
04:58and people loved hating me for not worshipping her act.
05:02Nathaniel Grayson was her easiest audience.
05:04He stepped forward beside his black SUV, jaw tight, eyes full of old money judgment.
05:09What the hell is wrong with you, Evelyn?
05:11Chloe worried all night and this is how you treat her?
05:15And you?
05:16I walked into a wolf-cursed forest to save you,
05:18while you stood here holding my stepsister's hand.
05:20Who do you think you are?
05:22Nathaniel blinked, stunned.
05:23I had once treated him like a prince because I was young, stupid, and starved for love.
05:27Now he looked like a bad investment in a tailored coat.
05:30Chloe recovered first, pressing a hand to her chest.
05:33Evelyn, don't misunderstand.
05:34I twisted my ankle and Nathaniel only helped me.
05:37Stop purring his name like a spoiled house cat and step back.
05:40Your fake innocence smells worse than a dumpster in July.
05:42Chloe's face cracked.
05:44Nathaniel's mouth opened, but nothing useful came out.
05:46I walked past them.
05:48I had a lottery ticket to buy and no time for two pieces of walking trash.
05:54Luna gave me the numbers through a lunar dream,
05:57silver digits floating over black water.
05:59I spent every dollar I had on one state lottery ticket.
06:01On payout day, after tax withholdings and legal processing,
06:04nearly $80 million moved into my trust-linked bank account.
06:07The second I left the state lottery commission press hall, cameras swarmed like flies.
06:10In my last life, I had hidden under a hat and sunglasses, terrified of being recognized.
06:14Chloe had already tipped off the tablets, viroids,
06:16every charity board, broke cousin, fake friend, and online saint came for my money.
06:19When I refused, they called me selfish, rotten, rich trash.
06:22This time, I took off my sunglasses first.
06:25Mrs. Sterling, now that you're suddenly rich, do you plan to give back?
06:28Of course. I'm buying the failed municipal auction lot in Silverlay District.
06:32The reporters went quiet.
06:33I'll build a community dining hall for seniors and a free child care academy for working families.
06:38Hungry elders get meals.
06:39Working parents keep their kids in school.
06:41Shock rolled through the crowd.
06:43Then applause.
06:44By sunset, every channel called me generous, visionful, and socially responsible.
06:47More importantly, they all heard one thing.
06:49The money was already gone.
06:51Back at Sterling Manon, Chloe stormed at me with her mask ripped clean off.
06:54Are you insane? You spent 80 million on a dead piece of land?
06:59I watched her shake with rage and smiled.
07:01What's wrong, Chloe? Too tired to play the bunny today?
07:05You!
07:06Marissa Sterling appeared and dragged her away before she could explode.
07:09That night, I opened the hidden Nancy cam I had planted in Chloe's room the day I came back.
07:14That bitch burned 80 million on trash land.
07:16That money was mine. How dare she!
07:18Marissa glared at her.
07:20Get a grip.
07:20What if she asks the wolf spirit to kill us?
07:22She still has two wishes left. Do you want to die twice?
07:25Smart woman. Too bad I wouldn't let them die that easily.
07:28Chloe swallowed. Fear finally breaking through.
07:30You're right. I need her to make the other wishes fast.
07:34Good thing the idiot doesn't know the condition.
07:37It's just like her dead mother. Born to be stepped on by women like us.
07:40My fingers tightened around the silver wolf pendant until its edges bit my skin.
07:43Not yet. They would taste my last life first.
07:48A few days later, the Blood Feud Mirror Law paid Chloe exactly as promised.
07:52$200 million.
07:53Since she had gifted me death once, I gifted her a live scandal.
07:56I leaked just enough to connect Chloe Sterling, my stepsister, to the new lottery winner.
08:00Tabloid vans cornered her outside a boutique on King Street.
08:03Mrs. Sterling, your sister Evelyn promised a major community project after winning.
08:07Will you also give back from your $200 million prize?
08:10Chloe loved money more than oxygen.
08:12Without Marissa whispering lines in her ear, she snapped.
08:15Why don't you donate your paycheck? It's my money! Back off!
08:18The clip went viral within an hour.
08:20Everyone knew forced charity was ugly, but everyone hated a rich girl with bad manners more.
08:25By nightfall, Chloe was being shredded online.
08:28Distant relatives who had once haunted me changed targets overnight.
08:31One aunt blocked Chloe in a parking lot, demanded a loan,
08:34and when Chloe refused, dumped a bucket of sour restaurant sludge over her white coat.
08:39Nathanian tried to shield her and got splashed too.
08:42If you had half of Evelyn's class, this wouldn't have happened.
08:45Nathanian, how can you say that? Is that what I am to you?
08:48Chloe's eyes reddened on cue.
08:50Nathanian had been born into country clubs, private schools, and polished silver.
08:53He had no idea what desperate relatives could do once they smelled money.
08:56I did.
08:57That was why I had put part of my fortune into public good,
08:59and the rest into future commercial leases.
09:01Silver Lake looked worthless today.
09:03After rezoning, it would print rent like a private mint.
09:08Marissa cleaned Chloe's mess with money, lawyers, and ruthless PR.
09:12She put $100 million into Sterling Hope Foundation under Chloe's name,
09:16hired a crisis firm, and flooded the press with staged compassion.
09:19Once the outrage cooled, no one cared how much the foundation actually spent.
09:23Private security and restraining orders drove the relatives off the manor gates.
09:26Chloe's reputation among them rotted.
09:28Marissa didn't care.
09:29As long as the money stayed locked in their hands, shame was just background noise.
09:32But Chloe and Nathiel had cracked.
09:34For a girl desperate to marry into Grace and Capital,
09:36distance from Nathaniel was a knife at her throat.
09:38So she came for me, sweet again, coaxing me toward my second wish.
09:42In my last life, I had wished for Nathaniel to love me.
09:45He agreed to marry me, but Chloe stayed logged in his chest like a polished blade.
09:49He abandoned me when it mattered and helped paint me as the other woman.
09:53That lie sent Caleb to kill me for Chloe's happiness.
09:56If Chloe wanted marriage so badly, I would help.
09:58Luna, I've decided my second wish.
10:00Moonlight pooled over my dresser,
10:02and Luna's translucent wolf form appeared, judging me with narrowed eyes.
10:05Do not ask me to make someone drop dead the covent from direct killing.
10:08Relax, I'm not asking for death.
10:10Luna's ears twitched.
10:11She had been hanging against my chest for days.
10:13She knew Mooie more than enough.
10:15I want to marry a 25-year-old man.
10:22The next time I saw Chloe, she looked drunk on love.
10:24Her cheeks glowed, her lips curled,
10:26and even her ruined week online couldn't dim that smug little shine.
10:29So, big news with Nathaniel?
10:31She looked me up and down.
10:33That pretty boy heir?
10:34You can keep him.
10:35I almost laughed, that fast, and her taste had shifted.
10:38The wish had worked.
10:39For days, I followed her quietly,
10:41waiting to see which old man the mirror law had dragged into her bedazzled fantasy.
10:45She was too deep in romance to notice.
10:47Then I saw him, Richard Grayson, Nathaniel's father.
10:51In an upscale downtown bistro, Chloe and Richard had started across from each other.
10:54By dessert, they were pressed together on the same velvet branch,
10:56kissing like the rest of the loom had gone blind.
10:58He was older than my father by a year.
11:00Chloe could really stomach anything with a black card.
11:02Nausea crawled up my throat, but I steadied my phone and recorded everything.
11:05When I walked into the underground parking garage,
11:08Nathaniel appeared right in front of me.
11:10The image of Chloe kissing his father slammed back into my head.
11:13I gogged.
11:15Nathaniel's face twisted.
11:16Evelyn, I've never touched you.
11:19Don't try to pin some mistake on me.
11:21I laughed in his face.
11:22Relax, I'm not pregnant.
11:24Your face just made me sick.
11:25His eyes widened.
11:26Are you crazy?
11:28Driven there by your face.
11:29Nathaniel flushed so hard even the garage lights couldn't save him.
11:32I looked at him now and felt no love.
11:34Only irritation, sharped by memory.
11:36How old are you?
11:40He frowned like I had insulted his bloodline.
11:4326.
11:44Same as you.
11:45You forgot that too?
11:46Just checking.
11:4726 doesn't my future.
11:49So the engagement is over.
11:50A soft laugh came from the car beside us.
11:53The window slid down, revealing a handsome face I didn't recognize.
11:57You're Evelyn Sterling, right?
11:59Didn't expect you to be this fun.
12:01Adrian, ignore her.
12:02She's playing hard to get.
12:04Then he turned cruel.
12:06She spent years pleasing my parents, donating blood for my grandmother, doing anything to get this engagement.
12:11She won't walk away.
12:12He wasn't wrong about the old me.
12:13I had once been foolish enough to bleed for the Grayson family.
12:17His grandmother needed rare transfusions, and I donated twice despite the risk.
12:22The Graysons thanked me by forcing Nathaniel into an engagement he resented.
12:25Tomorrow, I'll have my lawyer return every engagement asset and prenup draft.
12:29Then you can stop embarrassing yourself.
12:31I turned to leave.
12:32The man in the car called after me.
12:34I'm Adrian Shaw, 25.
12:36I paused.
12:37He smiled wider.
12:39And apparently, exactly your type.
12:40A chill ran up my spine.
12:42I ran.
12:46Robert Sterling exploded when he heard I ended the Grayson engagement.
12:49You begged for that alliance, and now you throw it away?
12:51What kind of daughter did I raise?
12:53I stood in his study and said nothing.
12:55Once, his anger would have gutted me.
12:57After dying once, I felt nothing for this cold man but contempt.
13:00In my last life, when the internet tore me apart, he cut me off to protect Sterling Hodings.
13:05When I died, he didn't demand justice.
13:07He blamed me for being messy enough to attract a psycho.
13:11A man like that was not a father.
13:13Stop blaming Chloe.
13:14She swore she has nothing to do with Nathaniel.
13:16Why are you ending this?
13:17Of course she could swear.
13:18She was busy with Nathaniel's father.
13:20So if Chloe wanted Nathaniel, you'd hand him to her?
13:23Robert hesitated for one second.
13:25Chloe is better positioned for the family now.
13:27If she can secure Grayson capital, it benefits all of us.
13:29There it was.
13:30Not love.
13:31Not family.
13:31Just contracts, leverage, and money.
13:33Give it up.
13:33I'm not marrying into the Grayson family.
13:35I left before he could throw another threat.
13:37Chloe waited outside the door, clearly having heard everything.
13:40So you finally know you can't beat me?
13:41And you're giving Nathaniel up?
13:43You really think every woman's life revolves around some mediocre man?
13:47Keep pretending.
13:49Soon you'll be begging to trade places with me.
13:51Begging to marry Richard Grayson?
13:52She must have mistaken a grave for a throne.
13:55As I turned away, Chloe grabbed my arm.
13:57Transfer the Silver Lake lot to me for free, and I'll make sure Nathaniel marries you.
14:02You still love him, don't you?
14:04The sheer arrogance almost impressed me.
14:06Didn't you call it trash land?
14:08Why are you so desperate to steal garbage?
14:10Last chance, Evelyn.
14:11Give me the land, and I'll get you into Grayson.
14:14Talking to her lowered the room temperature and my IQ.
14:16Keep your bargain bought, Prince.
14:18I'm not buying.
14:23Nathaniel cornered me outside Sterling Holdings two days later, looking offended by consequences.
14:27Did you make Chloe ignore me?
14:28I told you we're just friends.
14:30Why are you still obsessed with me?
14:31I stepped closer and studied his face.
14:33He flinched.
14:34What are you doing?
14:35Checking whether your brain got replaced by wet cement.
14:38Before he could speak, I cut him open with words.
14:40If Chloe and I have hated each other for years, why would she suddenly obey me and stop taking
14:45your calls?
14:46Nathaniel froze.
14:47Then why won't she answer me?
14:48Ask her.
14:49Try using that expensive education for once.
14:52Watching him get played by his crush and his own father almost felt educational.
14:56Then Chloe's obsession with Silver Lake clicked into place.
14:58Richard must have heard something about the rezoning.
15:01That night, Robert texted me to come to the office.
15:04At a dim suburban intersection near the industrial belt, a car slammed into my rear bumper.
15:11I walked to his window and knocked, anger burning through my fear.
15:15He wore a cap pulled low, his face hidden by flickering streetlights, but his build was familiar.
15:20Wait here.
15:20Let me check the car.
15:25He stepped forward with a wrench in his hand.
15:28The back of his shoulders dragged me straight into nightmares.
15:31Caleb Price.
15:32I turned and ran.
15:33Stop!
15:34In my last life, I had heard that sound in the dark until my mind broke.
15:38I ran harder.
15:39He caught me anyway, kicking me between the shoulder bakes and sending me crashing onto the asphalt.
15:44I scrambled up, but Caleb stepped in front of me.
15:46Where are you going?
15:48It's a fender bender.
15:49No need to act insane.
15:51Then why did you run?
15:52Dark road.
15:53Wrench in your hand.
15:54Do the math.
15:55He looked at the wrench and smiled without warmth.
15:57Come on.
15:58We'll settle this somewhere quiet.
15:59No.
16:00I'm calling the police.
16:01He snatched it and smashed it against the pavement.
16:04Caleb lunged, clamped a hand over my mouth, and dragged me toward the dark edge of the road.
16:08Terror tore through my blood.
16:10I would not die like that again.
16:11I clawed, kicked, and jabbed two fingers into his eye.
16:14He cursed and loosened his grip.
16:15I broke free and slammed into a man by a parked car.
16:17Help me.
16:18He's trying to kill me.
16:19911, we need help.
16:19Caleb saw the call and fled.
16:21My knees gave out.
16:23Evelyn, are you hurt?
16:24Then the man said my name.
16:25I looked up.
16:27Adrian Shaw stood over me.
16:28Phone lit in his hand.
16:33Ravenswale police arrived fast, and Caleb was arrested before sunrise.
16:36He denied trying to kill me.
16:38With his psychiatric record in hand, his family claimed I had provoked a breakdown.
16:43They offered a civil settlement and begged me not to push for the harshest charge.
16:47I accepted.
16:48Even if I fought, the system would likely send him to involuntary treatment, not bury him in prison.
16:52And without Caleb, the next act would lose its blaze.
16:54Adrian stayed with me through the police statements.
16:56When he heard my decision, he didn't lecture me.
16:58With someone like that, surviving is already a win.
17:01Thanks for tonight.
17:03I owe you dinner.
17:04I'll collect.
17:04He drove me back to Sterling Manor.
17:06Before I got out, he asked.
17:07You really ended things with my cousin?
17:09Dead serious.
17:09I'd rather eat glass than chase Nathaniel again.
17:12Then remember me.
17:14Still 25.
17:15I shut the car door on his one thing.
17:16Marriage was not on the menu.
17:18Inside my room, I found Caleb's number.
17:20I sent him the video of Chloe kissing Richard, then the old photos Chloe had once sent me of
17:24herself pressed against Nathaniel.
17:26Let him see what kind of pure goddess he worshipped.
17:28His reply came fast.
17:30Who the hell are you?
17:31Stop lying about Chloe.
17:32Pathetic.
17:33Even mad dogs needed time to smell blood.
17:38Chloe floated through Sterling Manor like she had already crowned herself Mrs. Granson.
17:42Ever since I ended the engagement, Robert looked at me like I had personally set fire
17:46to his boardroom.
17:46The moment I sat at the marble dining table, he slammed down his glass.
17:49You drift around doing nothing.
17:50Why can't you learn from Chloe?
17:52Learn what?
17:53How to seduce a man old enough to be her father and call it business development?
17:56Chloe had somehow pulled several Grayson investments into Sterling Holdings, and Robert
18:01was drunk on the numbers.
18:02I said nothing.
18:03My silence only made him angrier.
18:06I'm talking to you.
18:07Keep that dead-eye face up, and I'll cut you out of the family trust.
18:11Really?
18:12Great.
18:12Call the lawyers.
18:13Let's sign it tonight.
18:14Robert froze.
18:15I don't have a daughter like you.
18:16Then he hurled his napkin onto the plate and stormed out.
18:19The words landed and left no bruise.
18:21Across the table, Marissa and Chloe smiled like cats over cream.
18:25If you beg nicely, I might put in a good word with Dad.
18:27Otherwise, once he throws you out, don't crawl back crying.
18:29Neil, apologize, and maybe we'll be kind.
18:32Your mother couldn't beat me.
18:33You won't beat my daughter.
18:34The silver knife beside my plate flashed under the chandelier.
18:37Before Chloe could blink, I grabbed it and pressed the cold edge against her throat.
18:41Shut up, or I'll make that pretty face match your soul.
18:44Chloe went pale.
18:46Imrisen shot to her feet.
18:47Are you insane?
18:48This is criminal!
18:52You call me worthless every day.
18:54Fine.
18:55If my life is cheap, I can spend it taking both of you with me.
18:59Clean that mouth.
19:00Slap yourself.
19:01Mom, do it!
19:02Just do it!
19:03Marissa's face twisted with hate, but her hand rose.
19:06The first slap was soft.
19:08Again, I didn't hear regret.
19:09Still weak.
19:10Again.
19:11Again.
19:12Again.
19:12Until her cheeks swelled red and her eyes watered.
19:14Only then did I release Chloe.
19:16She stumbled away, touching her throat.
19:18I'm calling the police!
19:19Go ahead.
19:20I'll call Nathaniel and introduce him to his future stepmother.
19:23How do you know?
19:24If you tell him, I'll kill you!
19:26Still calling the police?
19:27I don't call.
19:28You don't tell.
19:30Deal.
19:32Back in my room, I opened Chloe's hidden camera feed.
19:35As expected, mother and daughter were already whispering behind a locked door.
19:38That little monster knows about you and Richard.
19:40If she ruins this before his wife agrees to divorce, we lose everything.
19:43Relax.
19:43Once the blood test comes back, Nathaniel and his mother won't matter.
19:46I'll be Mrs. Grayson.
19:47I stared at the screen.
19:48Pregnant.
19:49Chloe had really gone all in with Richard Grayson.
19:51She wanted to step into old money through the dirtiest side door and call it victory.
19:55Not happening.
19:57I saved the audio and sent it to Caleb.
19:59He could deny photos, but he knew Chloe's voice better than his own pulse.
20:03Now we wait.
20:08Two days later, Sterling Manor called.
20:10Chloe had been hospitalized.
20:11At Ravensville General, the private ward corridor smelled of antiseptic, money, and panic.
20:16Nathaniel stood there with a black face, Adrian beside him.
20:19What are you doing here?
20:21Nathaniel said nothing, and Adrian pulled me aside.
20:23My Uncle Richard was brought in with your sister.
20:25Who caught them?
20:26You knew?
20:27Before I could answer, a scream ripped out of Chloe's room.
20:29Everyone rushed in.
20:30Chloe lay on the hospital bed, shaking, her banded face wet with tears.
20:34The doctor had just told her she lost the pregnancy.
20:36That was only the first blow.
20:37Caleb had attacked her and Richard during their secret meeting.
20:39Chloe's face was badly injured, and Richard's body had taken damage no old money surgeon could spin into dignity.
20:45Caleb had fled, and the city was searching for him.
20:47Chloe's room was all sobbing.
20:49Across the hall, Richard's room turned into a war zone.
20:51His wife stormed in wearing pearls, fury, and decades of betrayed investment.
20:55Richard Grayson, I built half your empire with my family's money, and this is how you repay me?
20:59I want a divorce.
21:01Mom, calm down.
21:02This is on you.
21:02You two dragged that little pro-parasite as you walked away to his ex-she walked to say.
21:05I had seen enough.
21:06As I turned to leave, Nathaniel lifted his head and came toward me.
21:10Don't.
21:10I know the speech.
21:11Somehow this is my fault, right?
21:13I didn't...
21:14I didn't hold Chloe's head down and make her climb into your father's bed.
21:18His mouth shut.
21:19I walked away before stupidity became contagious.
21:23Even dogs didn't eat old scraps.
21:27After all that, Marissa still wanted Chloe inside the Grayson family.
21:31She and Robert cornered Richard with lawyers, scandal threats, and responsibility dressed up as morality.
21:37My daughter suffered for you.
21:39You owe her.
21:40Without your daughter, I wouldn't be in this bed.
21:43The families fought for days, but I knew Chloe would win.
21:46Luna's wish could bend fate, and the moon goddess covenant did not forget.
21:50Sure enough, Richard divorced his wife and agreed to marry Chloe.
21:54When Chloe heard it, she sobbed in the ward instead of celebrating.
21:58Mom, after all this, how can I be happy in that house?
22:01Happiness is taken.
22:02Do you think it was easy when I married Robert?
22:04Now every woman at the club calls me Mrs. Sterling.
22:07Listening outside the door, I almost felt bad for Chloe.
22:10Almost.
22:10The Graysons were not the Sterlings.
22:12Chloe would not enjoy that cage.
22:13I look like this now.
22:14What man will even look at me?
22:16Evelyn still has one wish left.
22:18Make her wish for breathtaking beauty.
22:20Chloe stopped crying, because the blood feud mirror law would give her double.
22:24Mom, you're brilliant!
22:25They were so excited, they never noticed me at the door.
22:31Chloe found me the next afternoon, wrapped in silk scarves in desperation.
22:35Do you know why Nathaniel never truly loved you?
22:36Because he's shallow, weak, and badly raised?
22:39Because you're not beautiful enough.
22:40If you were stunning, he'd come crawling back.
22:42So I should pray to the moon goddess and become some legendary beauty?
22:46Yes, exactly.
22:47Wish for it.
22:48I pulled a large hand mirror from my bag and held it up.
22:51Look at yourself first.
22:51Chloe saw the scars.
22:53The color drained from her face.
22:55Those marks crawl over your face like dead worms.
22:57Disgusting, isn't it?
22:58Her scream tore down the hallway.
23:00She ran.
23:01I watched her go and laughed.
23:02With that little nerve, she still wanted to fight me?
23:04Cute.
23:05Marissa promised the Graysons a beautiful gride by the wedding day.
23:08The fact that she believed she could force me made it almost funny.
23:10Then, she drugged my dinner.
23:11I woke to ice water slamming over my face,
23:13wrists tied behind a chair in an abandoned boathouse by Silver Creek.
23:16Moonlight cut through broken windows, striping the concrete floor.
23:19Listen carefully, Evelyn.
23:21If you want to live, you give me two things.
23:23Let me guess.
23:24Beauty and land.
23:25You will ask that wolf spirit for breathtaking beauty,
23:27and you will transfer the Silver Lake lot to Chloe as part of marriage assets.
23:30So Richard knew.
23:31The rezoning rumor had reached him.
23:36Marissa and Chloe had mocked my land for weeks,
23:39yet now they wanted it as a dowry wrapped in legal language.
23:42I laughed.
23:44What's funny, you little bitch?
23:47Say yes, or I bury you where no one finds you.
23:50Marissa kicked my chair hard enough to jore my teeth.
23:53You should check who's standing there.
23:55Marissa spun around, then yanked me up and pressed the knife to my neck.
23:58You brought some lover to save you?
23:59You don't recognize him?
24:00A figure stepped from the shadows.
24:02Caleb Price.
24:04Marissa's face emptied.
24:06Caleb, weren't you trying to cleanse Chloe's soul?
24:07Her mother is the rot in her blood.
24:09Caleb's eyes locked on Marissa.
24:10Threatening me won't work.
24:12He's insane, and he doesn't care about me.
24:14If I were you, I'd run.
24:17Caleb took one step forward.
24:18Marissa broke.
24:19She shoved me aside and fled toward the river door.
24:22While Caleb chased her, I dragged the knife edge against the rope until it loosened.
24:26I stumbled out of the boathouse and crashed into Adrian.
24:28I had asked him to shadow me because Marissa and Chloe were too desperate to stay quiet.
24:32Maybe Luna's wish made him too willing to protect me.
24:35Evelyn, are you hurt?
24:36Drive.
24:36Now.
24:37Caleb is going to kill someone.
24:38Once we reached the main road, Adrian called 911.
24:44Caleb was caught before dawn.
24:46Marissa's ending was worse.
24:48After Marissa died, Chloe dragged herself in front of me and screamed,
24:51You killed my mother.
24:52You're a murderer.
24:53I'll make you rot in prison.
24:55Did I invite Caleb into your life?
24:57Did I kidnap Marissa?
24:58Chloe had no answer.
24:59If she had never played goddess to a stalker, Caleb would not have snapped.
25:02If Marissa had never kidnapped me, Caleb would not have found her.
25:05Rot attracts rot.
25:07I'm not the murderer here, Chloe.
25:08You are.
25:09My mother is dead because of you.
25:12And mine?
25:13Caroline Sterling died because of you.
25:16Your mother was weak.
25:17She drowned on her own.
25:18When I was five, my mother jumped into the water to save Chloe.
25:21Everyone called it an accident.
25:22I believed it, too.
25:24My mother was too kind to watch a child drown, even if that child belonged to Marissa.
25:28I stared into Chloe's eyes.
25:29Swear you couldn't swim back then.
25:31Swear it under the moon goddess covenant.
25:33Lie and let the wolf spirit drag that lie straight into hell.
25:37Chloe opened her mouth.
25:38Nothing came out.
25:39She was afraid.
25:39So it was true.
25:40She had faked drowning and lured my mother into the water.
25:43She had taken my mother from me.
25:44Her arrogance collapsed.
25:46Mine did not.
25:46Wasn't this what you wanted?
25:48My wishes doubled for you?
25:49You know the condition?
25:50I've known from the beginning.
25:51And my third wish is already made.
25:54Chloe understood before I finished.
25:56She grabbed my wrist, sobbing.
25:58Evelyn, please.
25:58We're sisters.
25:59My mom is dead.
26:00My face is ruined.
26:01I can't fight you anymore.
26:01Please don't kill me.
26:02Who said I wanted you dead?
26:04Hope flickered.
26:05I crushed it gently.
26:06You're right.
26:07We're sisters.
26:08I should keep you alive.
26:09My third wish is to sleep 11 hours and 59 minutes every day.
26:13Chloe stopped breathing.
26:14The blood feed mirror law would double it on her.
26:16Moonbound sleep.
26:17Almost every minute of every day.
26:19I counted down.
26:20Three, two, one.
26:23The timer hit zero.
26:24Asleep before her scream escaped.
26:26I stepped over her scarred face and walked away.
26:32Richard's ex-wife did not just divorce him.
26:34She dismantled him.
26:35Her family money had helped build Grayson Capital.
26:37And once Richard tried to marry Chloe, she cut every line.
26:39Prenuplo clauses, bored allies, frozen accounts, withdrawn credit.
26:42She used them all.
26:43Fell fast.
26:44Sterling Holdings had tied itself too tightly to the Grayson projects.
26:47And Robert went down with them.
26:47Marissa was dead.
26:49Chloe lay in a locked care room, breathing like a corpse that refused to leave.
26:52So Robert came to me.
26:53He arrived at my office with a smile so fake it could have been laminated.
26:57Evelyn, my good girl.
26:58You still have the Silver Lake lot.
26:59Let me use it as bank collaborative.
27:01I folded my hands on the desk.
27:03I'll rebuild everything.
27:04You'll live like true old money.
27:06You burned through Chloe's 200 million and still came begging for my land?
27:09You ungrateful...
27:09His face collapsed into rage.
27:11We argued.
27:12The harder he shouted, the redder his face became.
27:14Then he grabbed his chest and dropped to the carpet.
27:16Evelyn, call an ambulance.
27:17I looked down at him.
27:19When my mother was pulled from the water, doctor said oxygen loss had left her nearly
27:22brain dead.
27:23Long-term care might have kept her body alive.
27:25Robert signed the withdrawal papers without shaking.
27:27My mother died to the sound of my crying.
27:29Less than a month later, Robert married Marissa in a country club ceremony.
27:33Please.
27:33Now he reached for me from the floor.
27:35I did not move.
27:36The housekeeper heard the clash and called 911.
27:38Robert survived.
27:39The ambulance came late enough that half his body stopped obeying him.
27:41After that, Sterling Holdings, Sterling Manor, and every remaining family asset fell into
27:45my hands.
27:48Two years later, Ravenswood City Planning Board funnelized the Silver Lake rezoning.
27:52The dead auction lot became the city's hottest commercial corridor.
27:55Every year, rent poured into my accounts like a controlled flood.
27:58I kept my promise.
27:59Silver Lake Community Dining Hall opened first, serving free meals to anyone over 65.
28:03Then came the Child Care Academy for working families.
28:05Parents kept their jobs.
28:07Children stayed in school.
28:08My name became clean in public, sharp in business, and untouchable in court.
28:11Luna, how's the view?
28:13Impressive.
28:14Your lunar merit is overflowing.
28:16Keep doing good, and I'll keep you safe.
28:18That was enough.
28:20After the three wishes ended, Luna did not return to Silverwood.
28:23She said the merit beside me fed her better than lonely forest worship ever could.
28:27So she stayed, half guardian, half supervisor.
28:30After inspecting the commercial complex that afternoon, I hurried's care room.
28:33The alarm rang the moment I entered open on the bed.
28:35Chloe's eyes snopped open Chloe.
28:37Evelyn, I'll kill you!
28:3930 seconds.
28:41She froze, wasting three of them.
28:43Before she found anything to use as a weapon, her body folded back into sleep.
28:46For the first month, she woke up cursing.
28:48Evelyn, please!
28:49I can't take it!
28:49Let me go!
28:50After that, she woke up begging.
28:52Boring.
28:52Try a new line.
28:54She fell asleep before she could think of one.
28:57One day, I asked Luna why Chloe suffered so much.
29:00Her body sleeps.
29:01Her mind stays awake.
29:02She hears, feels, and sees in fragments.
29:05Humans call it sleep paralysis.
29:07I understood.
29:09Cruel?
29:10Maybe.
29:11Compared to what Caleb did to me in my last life, it was mercy wearing a pretty dress.
29:16Cause and consequence.
29:17Chloe had finally met both.
29:23After the Grayson collapse, I went.
29:25Nathanian's mother sent him to Europe.
29:26Years later, Adrian invited me to his useful, loyal, and never stupid enough to demand an answer I refused to
29:31give.
29:31What I didn't expect was Nathanian.
29:32He saw me across the room and froze.
29:35I smiled politely.
29:37Evelyn, you look beautiful.
29:38A peaceful life punished enemies and a mountain of rent did wonders for the face.
29:42I was wrong before.
29:43About everything.
29:44Is there any chance for us?
29:45After all these years, you're still dreaming?
29:47Pain crossed his eyes.
29:49A little reality never killed a Grayson.
29:51Cousin, I invited you to my birthday, not to poach my guest.
29:54For years, Adrian had pursued me.
29:56I never said yes.
29:57I once asked Luna whether he was the man from my second wish.
30:00He is the path, not the chain.
30:02A wish can open a door.
30:04It cannot force you through.
30:05That suited me.
30:07I had money, beauty, freedom, and a wolf spirit at my throat.
30:10I had no interest in wasting any of it on marriage.
30:12Friends, maybe.
30:13Husbands, no.
30:14Nathanian was out.
30:15Adrian was out.
30:16I wanted my silverwood kingdom, my clean accounts, my public praise, and my private little punishment room.
30:21On quiet days, I visited Chloe.
30:23The alarm would ring.
30:24Her eyes would open.
30:26For one minute, she remembered everything she stole and everything she lost.
30:29Then sleep dragged her under again.
30:31As for me, I walked out smiling every time.
30:34Life, at last, was mine.