Ava's POV
So it begins, just as it had in my previous lifetime. Back then, though she had already submitted my stolen manuscript as her own, Jane had been being pressured by her literary agent, Ruby Brown, to begin working on another book. I remember overhearing conversations between her and Rowan, where she was complaining about how difficult she was finding it to come up with not just ideas for new story lines, but her ability to translate those ideas into the written word.
That's when Rowan encouraged me to act as her 'sounding board', the only time he suggested my writing skills might have some merit. By that time, I had been thoroughly fed up with Jane's snide comments about my 'little hobby' that I flatly refused to entertain the idea. They had been angered by my refusal, going so
