Synopsis
For half my life, Forrest Thorne and I were trapped in a relentless battle.
He loathed my obsession—the way I slipped into a new body every single day just to stay near him, refusing to let him escape. I loathed the truth that never changed: his heart belonged to my foster sister. So I fought dirty. I plotted against her, framed her, and forced Forrest into my path again and again, determined to win him at any cost.
Then the neurotoxin leak turned everything into a nightmare.
With the air turning deadly, Forrest made his final choice. He placed the last filtration mask over my face and pushed me away—like he always had, creating distance between us.
“Juliette, my debt is repaid,” he said softly. “In the next life… don’t come looking for me.”
I fought my way back through the chaos to reach him.
But when I found him, he was already gone—lying still, a photograph of my foster sister clutched in his hand, his eyes open and empty, as if even in his final moments, he had been looking for someone who was never me.
