The Weight of a Second Chance

Synopsis

In the bandits' stronghold, my husband Cedric Winthrop takes the ransom money and without hesitation chooses to save his widowed sister-in-law, Seraphina Rookwood — his unspoken beloved. In that moment, I realize: he has also been reborn. In the previous life, I had to threaten him with the child in my womb before he agreed to take me away first. When he returned to the den, all he found was Seraphina's violated and lifeless body. He hated me for it. Whether I begged or tried to please him, he looked straight through me. On our eldest son's seventh birthday, for the first time he invited me to join them on an outing. But deep in the mountains, he locked me inside a coffin. Desperate to survive, I clawed and scratched until my fingers were worn down to the bone — only to hear my little boy say outside in his sweet, childish voice: "Mother, can't you just die quietly? You're disturbing Aunt Seraphina." That was when all my strength left me. Cedric drove in the final nail. "If I could choose again, I would never save you!" he spat. "Letting you live these two years was already my betrayal of Seraphina. Now it's time for you to atone." Now, reborn once more, I watch him carry Seraphina away without looking back. This time, I walk into death willingly. But later... why is he the one drowning in regret?