2 Reborn

Tamara’s POV

My hand instinctively went to my chest, where the stab wound had been. But as I touched my skin, I felt nothing but smooth, unbroken flesh. Panic turned to confusion. No stab wounds? no pain? What was going on?

I sat up and looked around. Yes, this was my living room, my home. But yet, everything looked different.

The house and furniture looked like exactly how I designed them years ago, before Kate came and redecorated everything to fit her taste and erase me.

But how was that possible? She had burnt all my stuff years ago so how were they all here now?

My eyes landed on my phone on the bedside table. It was an older model but I reached for it and quickly unlocked it. The screen lit up in a second, and I froze.

The date read February 3rd, 2024.

Two years before I died. Two years before my husband and my step sister teamed up to kill me and a few weeks before I even married Jack.

Memories of after I died immediately flooded back with a rush. After I blacked out, I had seen the moon goddess, and she had sent me back to the past, to this exact date.

The day Kate moved into my house and everything in my life started to fall apart. I couldn’t remember everything the goddess said but I knew I was supposed to change everything.

I was supposed to stop Jack and Kate from killing everyone and everything I loved. I was back to undo all the wrong things I had done. I was supposed to make them pay.

Right on cue, I heard a commotion downstairs. I rushed to the landing just as the front door burst open. My husband, Jack — who was just my fiancée at this time stumbled in, half-carrying a weak-looking Kate.

“Tamara!" he called, his voice strained. "We need your help! Kate's home was attacked by rogues. She’s badly injured and needs a place to stay and recover, can she live with us?” He asked, already expecting me to say yes.

I stared at him in shock. This was exactly how it had happened before. Kate was my father's daughter with his former mistress who lived luxuriously at the far north of the pack, my father was forced to be with her mother for political reasons, and after his mistress manipulated him into having a Child with her, my father took responsibility of his daughter Kate and tried to raise us as sisters, but her mother grew jealous of my mother so she insisted on moving she and Kate to a luxurious mansion away from us.

But now as adults, Kate had come into my house, pretending to be a victim, and when they asked me if she could stay, I said yes.

And then she came and destroyed everything. She had my friends killed, turned everyone against me, and ultimately killed me.

But this time, things would be different. I wouldn't let the past repeat itself. The old, timid, sweet Tamara was dead.

This new Tamara was ice cold, she was ready, and she was back for revenge.

I noticed that a crowd had gathered to watch us. The pack members had come to my house for a meeting today and now they were here to witness this moment.

They were all waiting to see what I would do, because they all knew Jack was secretly cheating on me with Kate, but no one could say anything because I was too in love with Jack to listen at that time. Now they were all waiting to see if I was dumb enough to be fooled by Jack and Kate’s act.

I looked at Jack. "No," I finally said to them, instantly shocking everyone.

Jack looked flabbergasted at my answer, he had never imagined that I could ever say no to him. "Tamara, but Kate is your sister, how could you refuse to help her?”

"We will do our best to take care of her of course," I insisted, "but Kate will not live with us. We will get her a house and nurses who can take care of her—“

Kate immediately fell on her knees and bursted into tears. "No, please sister. I'm too scared to live alone or with anyone I don't trust, please, just let me stay with you till I’m better," she sobbed.

I knew Kate was faking the tears, but I couldn't help being impressed by how good her acting was. No wonder she fooled everyone. But she could never fool me again.

"She will not live with us," I repeated firmly, feeling the eyes of the crowd on me.

I heard the people murmuring around me, in confusion and surprise. The former me had always been so timid, so accepting of everything Jack said. So my new attitude was a shock to everyone.

It felt so good to see the utter shock on James's and Kate's faces, but I couldn't let them know i knew their plans yet.

I forced a smile and used the sweetest voice I could muster. "Jack honey, I haven't been feeling well lately, and I really need my space to plan for our wedding. Please put my feelings first. Remember that I'm your fiancée."I said, innocently.

Jack seemed to consider my words, and his expression softened. A flicker of hope instantly sparked in me that maybe, just maybe, I could win over Kate this time.

Maybe I could end her plan before it even began.

But then Jack's face suddenly hardened into a frown and I realized with a sinking heart that Kate was talking to him through their mind link, manipulating him against me once again.

“No Tamara," Jack snapped, "I am the man of this house and your Alpha, I have decided that Kate will stay with us and that is final!”

My heart clenched painfully. Nothing had changed. Kate would still move in, take over everything, and ruin my life all over again. I had changed nothing in this new life.

I noticed Kate bowing her head as if she were crying, but then I saw it: she was smiling. She knew she had won!