Introduction

In my first life, I died for my family, betrayed by the closest person to me.

My father, a high-ranking State Department official, was disgraced, and my mother died of grief.

It was my older sister, Stella, who orchestrated it all.

She poisoned my family' s reputation with a self-righteous speech at a D.C. gala, becoming a progressive darling while our lives crumbled.

My fiancé, Ethan Lester, and the Vice President' s son championed her, oblivious to the destruction she wrought.

But the ultimate betrayal came when I joined the army to protect my younger brother.

Stella, posing as a "war correspondent," leaked my patrol's location to insurgents.

She deemed a rescue "not worth the risk," leaving me to bleed out in the dirt, her face the last thing I saw.

How could my own sister, who once claimed to love me, deliberately condemn me to such a horrific end?

The pain of her betrayal was worse than any bullet.

Now, I've woken up again, back at that lavish D.C. gala, seconds before she destroys everything.

This time, things will be different.