Mira Thornvale

Five years ago, Serena Shi was declared dead—burned, disgraced, and erased by the man she loved. Framed for a crime orchestrated by her own sister, forced to abandon her newborn daughter, and exiled under a false name, Serena vanished from Rainport and its cold, glittering towers.

Now, she's back.

Not as a victim, but as a partner at one of the world’s most powerful law firms. Her mission is clear: reclaim custody of the daughter who was buried with her name, expose the lies that destroyed her life, and dismantle the algorithm that coded her death into corporate profit.

But fate—or something programmed to look like it—has other plans.

Julian Lu, her former husband and the CEO of LuTech, never recovered from losing Serena. When she resurfaces with a child who looks just like him and evidence that his empire is built on betrayal, he must choose: destroy the system he was born to lead or lose Serena all over again.

This is not just a story of second chances.
It's a war between law and love, data and destiny, guilt and grace.
And this time, no one walks away without answering to the truth.

Return Under a New Sky

**Rainport Federal Archives – 8:12 a.m.**


Serena stood at the scanner console, gloves on, scanning each page of Julian’s file line by line.


> Autopsy documents replaced with generic templates.


> All paths led to one name: Vivian Lu.


Her lawyer leaned over. “We have enough for a motion to indict.”


Serena kept scanning. “I don’t want just a motion. I want admission. Public, permanent, undeniable.”


Vivian threw the morning paper across the conference room.


> *THE WIFE NEVER DIED: Exhumation Shocks Public, Confirms Legal Fraud*


“I contained it once. Why is she still breathing my air?”


Board members murmured. One cleared his throat. “You forged hospital data. If that becomes provable in court—”


Vivian snapped, “I buried her for this family. Julian was spiraling, the press was circling. I gave us time!”


“But you faked a death. That’s not time—it’s prison.”


Chapter 9 – Unearthing Buried Lies