Fated Reborn: The Wolf King's Bride novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Nyssa pov

“No, please… please, I can’t die like this. Just give me one more day before the rejection ceremony. I don’t care what happens afterwards, but I have to do something important before you reject me!”

A sharp gasp escaped me as my eyes flew open. I shot up in bed, my hand instinctively clutching my chest. My breaths came in short, panicked bursts, sweat dripping down my face as my body trembled. I struggled to breathe through my nose, trying to calm the panic within me but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t shake off the fear creeping down my spine.

Were those really just dreams? It all felt too real–so real that I could still feel the sting of the rejection from the dream. And even though it was milder than what I had actually experienced, it was so exhausting and overwhelming that for a moment, I wanted nothing more than to end it all.

I just wanted to disappear. To die.

I had two dreams, actually. Two dreams that were completely different from each other.

In one, I had finally fulfilled my deepest wish, to have both Kieran and Aria captured and executed for their crimes. And their crime? Being the reason I was dead.

In that first dream, I had carefully laid a trap to make it look like Kieran and Aria were responsible for my death. I killed myself before the rejection ceremony and made sure they were the ones to find my body first. I had staged everything so the crime scene pointed directly at them, Kieran’s fingerprints were on the knife I used to stab myself, his ring was clutched tightly in my hand, and Aria’s scarf was left carelessly near where my body lay.

A day before the ceremony, I had called them that I wanted to speak to them to settle things between us but when they arrived to my room, they had seen the brutal scene and just as I thought, they immediately figured that someone was trying to set them up and without hesitation, they wanted to hide the things that pointed to them but it had been too late by then and Serene had walked in to see the scene and when she screamed, everyone had been alerted and they all witnessed everything.

It had been a simple plan, though one small mistake could have ruined everything. If Kieran and Aria hadn’t been the first to get to me, it would have failed. If Serene had been any later, they would have destroyed the evidence and it would have been all for nothing. But it hadn’t failed. Kieran and Aria were punished for their crimes, beheaded by my father. Even though I had died, I felt happy and relieved because it meant everyone else would live.

But then, the second dream came. It started right after the first ended. In the second dream, I wasn’t successful in what I had planned. Darius rejected me when the three days were up. I died from the pain in my dream, while Kieran and Aria lived… and there was nothing I could do about it.

“Miss!” Serene’s scream jolted me from my thoughts, and I jumped, startled.

I watched as Serene rushed toward me, her arms wrapping around me as she checked to see if I was okay.

“Miss! What happened? Did you have a nightmare? Goddess, look at you, you’re sweating everywhere!” She gasped, reaching for her dress to wipe my forehead. But before she could touch me, I shook my head with a small smile and gently stopped her, holding her hand instead.

“I’m fine, don’t worry, Serene. It was just a nightmare,” I whispered softly, wiping the sweat from my forehead with the sleeve of my dress. I closed my eyes and relaxed back against the headboard, trying to clear my

mind.

“Miss…” She muttered quietly, and I reluctantly pried my eyes open to meet her concerned gaze.

“Can I have a glass of water?” I asked weakly, my voice barely above a whisper.

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Chapter 20

Serene’s eyes filled with concern, and she quickly nodded. “Okay, miss. Please wait here, I’ll go get some water,” she said. before rushing out of the room. I watched her retreating figure, frowning, before running a hand through my hair and leaning forward slightly. My voice turned cold as I spoke through the mindlink to Sheila.

“That dream… it’s not just a dream, right? What does it mean? Were those visions of the future? Two dreams- does that mean two different outcomes?”

The dreams felt so vivid, so real, as if I were watching a movie, with me as the main character. I could see everything unfold from my own perspective, and the only explanation that made sense to me was that these dreams were visions of the future.

“I’m not sure,” Sheila replied, her tone unusually serious, lacking her usual casualness. “But one thing I’m certain of is that you’re right. This isn’t a normal dream. Your soul…” She paused for a moment before continuing, “Your soul was pulled out of your body for a moment.”

“What?? I was dead?” I blurted out in shock, but Sheila continued without hesitation.

“Well, you could say that. Your body wasn’t breathing during that time, but here’s the shocking part: those dreams felt like they lasted for hours, but in reality, you were only gone for a second. Just a second.”

I shivered at Sheila’s words, but before I could dwell on them, Serene burst back into the room, panting heavily. She clutched a glass of water in one hand and her chest with the other, struggling to catch her breath. Her mouth opened like she wanted to speak, but she quickly sucked in a breath and shut it.

I stiffened, immediately cutting off the mindlink before reaching out and gently grabbing her hand, guiding her to sit on the bed. I took the glass from her and leaned in, bringing the water to her lips.

Serene shook her head.

“Th–the water is for you-”

“Drink,” I cut her off firmly, holding the glass steady. Her eyes widened in surprise, but she didn’t argue further. She took the glass from my hand and drank everything down.

As soon as she finished drinking, she took a deep breath and clutched her chest dramatically.

“Oh goddess, I almost died! I ran down so fast to get the water, I fell twice! It was so embarrassing- everyone was looking at me, but I was more scared something might happen to you if I was late!”

Serene cried out, her lips drawn into a pout, and I couldn’t help but slowly grin as I looked at her.

She was adorable.

I could still remember the shock and sadness in her eyes as she stared at my body and wept. I felt guilty, even if it had just been a dream- a vision.

“And then the water slipped from my hand, and I had to go back again to get more-” she froze mid–sentence, her gaze shifting to my face and catching my expression. Her eyes widened in alarm.

“And then, what did you do?” I asked, raising a teasing brow, my grin widening.

Serene inhaled sharply, her face turning bright red in seconds before she bowed her head in submission.

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