Introduction

Five times I died.

Five times I tried to build a life, a bond, with Ethan Cole, and five times I failed.

The last time was a masterpiece of cruelty.

He knew.

All along, through every new face, every persona, he knew.

"I'd rather jump off this skyscraper, Amelia, than be with your desperate act."

His icy words cut deeper than any simulated death the ReLife Program put me through.

My current identity, Maya, drowned three days later.

Always an accident.

I was trapped in an endless loop of new lives, new hopes, and the same crushing, inevitable end.

Just survive.

Stop dying.

Exhausted, I was offered an unprecedented choice: Ethan, or Liam Walker, his best friend.

As consciousness faded, a desperate whisper echoed: "Next time... choose me..."

A dying hallucination?

Or was it Liam?

I chose him.

I became Sarah Miller, armed with five lifetimes of observation, determined to finally break the cycle.

But Liam wasn't the salvation I hoped for.

He was aloof, his actions bafflingly calculated.

My carefully planned "accidental" encounter with CEO Liam ended with a cold dismissal, leaving me shattered.

Was I destined to another death, or could I finally escape this cursed program, and the frustrating game he seems to play?