Chapter 1

I woke up.

Not in the cold, dark grave Beau Devereaux had put me in.

But in the grand hall of the Devereaux estate.

The Locket ceremony. It was happening right now.

My name is Luna Boudreaux.

They call me the Oracle.

My family, the Boudreaux, have served the Devereaux dynasty for generations.

The Legacy Locket, our heirloom, chooses the Devereaux heir.

That heir marries the Boudreaux Oracle.

That was the deal, set in stone by our ancestors.

In my first life, I loved Beau Devereaux.

The eldest son, handsome, charming.

I thought he loved me.

So, I did something terrible.

I used forbidden Boudreaux magic.

I forced the Locket to choose him.

I gave him everything – my family' s power, our wealth, my heart.

The day he became CEO, he destroyed me.

"What Oracle?" he sneered, his eyes cold. "Just your desperate trick to marry me."

He annulled our marriage.

He blamed my family for an "accident" that nearly killed his true love, Chantelle Dubois.

An accident he orchestrated.

He ruined us. Slandered us. Took everything.

Then, he had me killed.

Now, I was back.

Same place, same moment.

This time, I wouldn' t interfere.

Beau could have Chantelle.

I would let the Locket choose truly.

Fate would decide.

Everything would be as it should.

But a question haunted me, a vision from the edge of my second chance:

Why, on the day of my lavish wedding to the true chosen one, was Beau Devereaux kneeling before my car, his eyes bloodshot, begging me to marry him instead?

That future was a mystery.

For now, the present demanded my attention.