Three Regrets and a Second Chance
After the death of his first love, Caspian Stormcrown hated me for ten years.
No matter how carefully I tried to please him, he met me with nothing but sneers.
"If you really want to make me happy, go and die," he said.
The words cut deep. Yet when a burning beam collapsed during the palace fire, he shoved me out of the way and died in my stead.
He lay in my arms as his life faded. When I reached for him, he spent his last strength brushing my hand aside.
"Evelyn Frostwood, how much better would my life have been if I had never met you…" he whispered.
At the funeral, his mother sobbed until she could barely remain standing.
"This is my fault," she cried. "I never should have forced you to marry her. If I had let you marry Amelia instead, would today have ended differently?"
His father looked at me with open hatred. "Caspian saved you three times. Why did you only ever bring him disaster? Why did you live instead of him?"
Everyone regretted that Caspian married me.
So did I.
In the end, I leapt from Starfall Tower and returned to the past, 10 years earlier.
This time, I chose to sever every tie between Caspian and me and give everyone the ending they wanted.