Reed What would you sacrifice to change fate? To twist the very strands of destiny into a shape you could live with? Riches? A couple of years? Your smile? I would give my soul. No hesitation. No second thoughts. I would give my very soul if it meant I could go back— back to that precise, catastrophic second in the courtroom when Rayne’s world cracked apart right in front of me. When his forest-green eyes went wide—not in fury, but in disbelief. In heartbreak. In horror. When he looked at the screen and saw the undeniable truth: my voice, snarling, confessing. Admitting. Destroying everything with a few poisoned words. If I could undo that moment—just that one—I would. I would burn my skin down to the bone to feel time unravel beneath my fingers. I would rewind the hours, rip throug

