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Following a horrific car accident, Adeline Moore awakens from a months-long coma with no memory of her life, her identity, or the family who insists they love her. As she struggles to make sense of the fragments around her, she's met with an unsettling reality—her fiancé, Luke, is cold and distant, and her younger sister, Hazel, seems far too close to him.

As flashes of memory return—snippets of arguments, uneasy emotions, and inexplicable grief—Adeline begins to uncover the truth: Luke and Hazel were having an affair even before the crash. Shattered by the betrayal, she’s dealt a second blow when her family rallies around Hazel, dismissing Adeline’s pain and blaming her for not being “the same” since waking up.

Isolated and unsure of who she used to be, Adeline makes a bold decision—she doesn’t want her old life back. She wants truth. She wants freedom. She wants to start over. With quiet resolve and growing clarity, she begins to rebuild her life—this time, on her own terms, and far from those who broke her.

The Second Life of Adeline Moore

The cold night breeze cut through the air, but it did little to ease the heavy heat in Elias's chest. His breath came in shaky, uneven gasps as he carefully set Adeline down on the ground. His trembling hands hovered over her, brushing her hair back, searching for any sign of movement, any flicker of life. But she remained still—too still.

Seraphina stood beside him, her face pale, her hands pressed against her mouth as if trying to stop the sobs that threatened to break free. Her eyes were wide, unblinking, haunted. "She saved me," she whispered, the words tumbling out in disbelief, repeated over and over, as if hoping that maybe saying it would lessen the crushing weight of the truth.

"I know," Elias replied, his voice barely a whisper, thick with emotion. His gaze never left Adeline's face, his heart hammering in his chest as he fought to keep the panic at bay. "She'll be fine. I won't let anything happen to her."

But even as the words left his mouth, they felt hollow. The guilt gnawed at him, unbearable, like a weight that threatened to crush him under its sheer intensity. He had failed her—failed to be there when she needed him most.

Seraphina's voice cracked as she spoke, "She deserves so much better than this." The words were a sob, barely audible through the tremor in her breath. "I—I don't know how to make it right."

Elias looked at her, his gaze sharp and unwavering. "We get her through this," he said firmly, though his heart was breaking. "That's all that counts. Nothing else."

Seraphina nodded, but her tears continued to fall, each one a testament to the weight of what they were facing. "Adeline doesn't even understand how much she's done," she whispered, the words raw and full of grief. "She put herself between me and danger without hesitation."

Elias's fingers gently traced over Adeline's battered face, his thumb brushing over the blood that marred her skin. The sight of her like this—a woman so full of strength and determination, now lying motionless—stirred something deep inside him, a fear so profound it threatened to overtake him. "She always does," he murmured, his voice thick with emotion. "She always has. But I'm not going to let her go through it alone again."

The night dragged on, the flames still roaring in the distance, their heat almost palpable even here. The fire's glow cast flickering shadows over the ground, but Elias barely noticed. All that mattered was Adeline, lying unconscious before him, the woman he loved more than anything in this world.

He could only hope—pray—that she wasn't too far gone. That when she woke, he would be there. That they would all be there for her, just as she had always been there for them.

And that, this time, he wouldn't fail her.

Outside, the Cold Night Air