SERENE'S POV “Lunch will be served in a few minutes. Come downstairs when you feel like it.” I nodded at him, unable to talk, still shocked at the turn of events. He left quietly, shutting the door behind him and leaving me to my jumbled thoughts. I had heard of people being given second chances at life, but it had been like a lore, a legend from another life. I had never thought I would be one of those people. But at what cost? I wondered. I shook my head. I would take things slow. One tiny step at a time. I stripped myself of my clothes and made my way to the bathroom. Inside the bathroom, I stared long and hard at the person in the mirror and I inspected myself for injuries from the battle, but there was none. It was still me. The same hair, the same eyes, the same tiny scar a

