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He was the first person she had ever truly held in her heart.
And she had lost him.
Because of her father’s greed. Because of her own stupidity, for failing to see it sooner.
“N… no. This can’t be……”
Her fingertips trembled pitifully as she reached for his cheek.
The cheek she cradled was still warm, but there was no breath against her skin.
His heart had stopped.
Only then did Ines face the truth.
“Ah……”
Those breathtakingly beautiful blue eyes……
The quiet way he had said her name, the first time she had ever loved the sound of it……
His gentle, tender touch……
None of it existed anymore.
He… Killian Rupert……
“Ha ha ha! At last, my lifelong wish has been fulfilled!”
He had died trying to protect her from her own demon of a father.
A scream tore out of her, raw and broken.
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When Ines came to understand that she had returned to the past after that horrible death, the first thing that came to her mind was him.
The man who, at this very moment, was breathing beneath the same sky… the man who deserved to shine more brilliantly than anyone.
The man who had been unable to, because of her and her father.
So Ines made a vow.
She would not squander this miracle of a second chance.
And she would atone for his death, even if it cost her her life.
“I am Killian Rupert.”
So he, whom she dared once more to hold within her gaze… let him shine brilliantly, now and always, just as he always should have.
