REBORN BEFORE THE FROZEN END

Main Characters Aria Bennett – The female lead. Intelligent, observant, and strong-willed. After dying from betrayal in the frozen apocalypse, she is reborn three years earlier and prepares to change her fate. Lily Carter – Aria’s loyal best friend who believes her warning about the coming disaster. Ryan Blake – A quiet, dependable boy Aria knew from secondary school who later becomes her strongest ally. Ethan Cole – Lily’s former classmate who joins the group and manages water and farming systems. Sophia Bennett – Aria’s selfish younger sister who betrayed her in the previous life. Jason Reed – Aria’s ex-boyfriend who chose survival over loyalty. ⸻ Chapter 1 – Betrayal in the Frozen World The wind screamed like a wounded animal across the frozen ruins of the city. Snow whipped through the shattered streets, covering everything in a thick blanket of white. Buildings that once held life and warmth now stood silent and empty, their windows broken, their walls cracked from years of relentless storms. The world had changed. Ten years earlier, the first great ice storm had arrived without warning. Temperatures dropped lower than anyone had ever recorded. Snowstorms swallowed entire cities. Power grids collapsed. Governments fell apart within months. Humanity had not been prepared for the frozen apocalypse. Now the earth had become a silent wasteland. Inside a small abandoned house near the edge of the city, three figures stood in the darkness. A weak lantern flickered on the table, barely pushing back the cold shadows filling the room. Aria Bennett lay on the frozen wooden floor. Her body was shaking violently, though she could barely feel it anymore. Her fingers were numb. Her lips had turned pale blue. Every breath she took felt like broken glass cutting into her lungs. The temperature outside had dropped to negative fifty degrees. Inside, it wasn’t much warmer. But the freezing cold wasn’t the worst pain she felt. The worst pain stood only a few feet away. Her younger sister. Sophia Bennett. And the man she had loved for four years. Jason Reed. Aria slowly lifted her head from the icy floor. Her body felt heavy, as if the cold had turned her blood into ice. “You… pushed me outside…” she whispered weakly. Her voice sounded fragile, like thin ice about to break. Jason shifted uncomfortably. His eyes avoided hers as he stared at the cracked floor. Sophia, however, looked completely calm. “There’s not enough food,” Sophia said simply. Her voice carried no emotion. Aria stared at her in disbelief. Ten years. For ten long years, Aria had fought to keep them alive. When the first storms destroyed the cities, she was the one who scavenged empty supermarkets. When their shelter collapsed during a blizzard, she was the one who rebuilt it. When Jason got frostbite during the third winter, she carried him for miles through deep snow until they found safety. She had hunted rabbits in deadly storms. She had climbed frozen buildings searching for supplies. She had starved so they could eat. And now… They were abandoning her. “There has to be another way,” Aria whispered desperately. Sophia crossed her arms. “You’re too weak now.” Jason finally spoke, though his voice was quiet. “If we keep feeding you… we’ll all die.” For a moment, the room fell silent except for the howling wind outside. Aria laughed weakly. The sound was dry and broken. “So after everything…” she murmured. “This is how you repay me?” Neither of them answered. Their silence was louder than any confession. The icy wind outside grew stronger, shaking the broken walls of the house. Aria’s body slowly stopped responding. The cold crept deeper into her bones. Her fingers stopped moving. Her breathing became shallow. This was the end. Not killed by the storm. Not killed by wild animals. But betrayed. Tears froze on her cheeks as they rolled down. Regret filled her heart. If she had another chance… If she could return to the past… She would never trust them again. She would prepare. She would survive. No matter what. Her vision slowly darkened. The lantern flickered. The storm swallowed her final breath. And then… Everything went black.