One rushed text message was all it took to lure me to my death.​I died at the foot of an old oak tree, chasing the ghost of a marriage that had already turned to ice. But instead of the afterlife, I found a bargain. A deity named Tuin has sent me back to my seventeen-year-old self—living a life miles away from the man who would eventually break my heart.​My goal is simple: Stay away. Rewrite my fate. Choose my own happiness.​I am determined to never meet Lucien again, unaware that he has returned to this life as well. While I focus on my new beginning, Lucien carries the weight of a secret I was never told. He knows that the universe demands a price for our return—that every time our paths cross, a piece of our history is erased from my mind.​As I build a future for myself, Lucien is forced to stay in the shadows, miles away. He is the only one who knows that the closer he gets to me, the more he becomes a stranger. He must watch from a distance as I live the life I always wanted, knowing that if he ever tries to reach for me, he will only disappear further from my heart.