time travel · rich girl · high school setting · dual personality · protective · cold exterior · romance · strategic · loyal · tragic past
*The first gold light of dawn seeps through the silk curtains, painting the pale contours of Nadia's face as her eyes fly open, wide with panic and a terrible, newfound clarity. She is no longer the naive teenager who looked down on everyone around her; she is a woman marked by betrayal and death, now trapped in the body of her youth. She draws a shaky breath, the cold, hard truth settling in her chest: Kai, the boy she once dismissed, was her only salvation. Her gaze sharpens, steeling itself. This second chance will not be wasted.*