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"Leave, you're free. Don't ever come back here again." She said, hoping he wouldn't return and she'll get to live 
Hael was shocked, "Are you abandoning me, My Lady?"
Corvina Cory lived her first life like a typical villainess and the consequences of her actions were pretty obvious. She died at the hands of the person she was in love with. Yet she gets a second chance at her first life even though she didn't want it. She didn't want to face the man she was madly in love with again and she definitely didn't want to get killed again by him as well.

To Love A Villain

I ran through the forest, my heart pounding in my chest, driven by an urgent need to reach them. As I neared the clearing, the scene unfolding before me made my breath catch in my throat.

He was there, his arms outstretched as his mother, already in a sitting position, began to fall forward. Just as she was about to hit the ground, he lunged forward, catching her just in time.

I stopped in my tracks, watching him hold her, her frail form cradled in his arms. For a fleeting moment, it seemed almost serene, but then something unimaginable happened. The light in her eyes faded, leaving only emptiness.

Wait, what is happening? I wasn't far from him but I couldn't bring myself to go to him at that moment.

"Mom," He called out to her and that surprised me. There was a vulnerability in his eyes.

He’s Not Alone