Introduction

The last thing Ethan Walker remembered was the bitter taste of pills.

His life, once defined by Coast Guard rescues, had been systematically dismantled by his ambitious wife, Sarah, and her manipulative half-brother, Liam.

They'd dismissed his debilitating leg injury, isolated him, and even sent their eight-year-old son, Ben, away, claiming it was for his "future."

Drowning in pain and despair, discarded as a liability, Ethan saw no other escape.

His final, icy thought: "Sarah, if there's another life, I won't love you again."

Then, he gasped, bolting upright in his familiar bedroom.

The early Alaskan sunlight cut through the blinds, and he saw the date: months before Liam' s arrival, before the crushing betrayals.

He was alive.

Again.

The shock was a physical blow, but beneath it, a burning fury ignited.

He' d believed in Sarah, in their life together, only for her to choose ambition and a snake like Liam over everything.

How could she have let Liam twist their love, their family, into something so toxic?

The memory of his shattered past, the agonizing spiral, the feeling of being entirely powerless and betrayed, hit him with brutal force.

He wouldn't let it happen again.

This time, he wouldn't be the wreckage left behind.

His hand, trembling with cold resolve, reached for his phone.

He was calling a divorce lawyer.

When Sarah walked in, her composure already cracking, he stared her down, his voice cold.

His fight for freedom, for Ben, and for his own redemption, began now.