
by Pen Jackson
Ari had a perfect life once—a name, a home, and a love that felt unbreakable. When she and Emy promised to find each other again in the next life, she believed it would be that simple. It wasn’t. Reborn with nothing, Ari is now a scholarship student—and a servant in the very house she used to call her own. And living in her place… is Meredith. The girl who once stood at the edge of her life—watching, learning, remembering. Meredith has everything Ari lost. Her name.Her status.Her life. And most importantly—Emy. Armed with Ari’s memories, Meredith rebuilds a perfect version of the past. But something is wrong. Because no matter how carefully she recreates it…it never feels the same. Ari remembers the truth. Meredith remembers a version of it. And Emy… remembers nothing at all. Yet somehow— the girl who should feel familiar doesn’t… and the one who shouldn’t… does. In a world where memories can be stolen but feelings cannot,where identity can be rewritten but instinct refuses to lie— one question remains: when the truth is hidden and the heart is confused…who will he choose?
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