Then....Breath
Her eyes flew open,heart pounding like war drums.She gasped, sitting upright in bed, drenched in sweat.Her fingers trembled as they gripped her blanket.The air was still calm not a single drop of rain.
Amelia looked around.
She was back...back in her old room.the faded calendar on the Wall read .May 2nd - exactly 31days before the apocalypse.
"NO...NO way ", she whispered .
Her hands went to her arms - smooth , unburnt skin no scars.....no wounds.but memories -so vivid ,so painful - They burned more than any acid could.
She stumbled to the mirror - same face, same eyes, same soft hair.But she wasn't the same girl who had stood here weeks ago, innocent and trusting.
Now she remembered everything.
Her father,Mr Reginald Rayne -stern, powerful and never kind.
Her mother,Mrs Eleanor Rayne -Always disappointed, Always cold.
Her sister, Isabella has a beautiful name but - Jealous, cruel and always watching.
And then..... Darian , the husband she adored , The man who had held her hand while stabbing her back.
And Velma
Velma her best friend since childhood . The one she confided in, the one who smiled and said,"I'll never leave you". Velma who took everything.
Amelia fell to her knees
Tears threatened to fall, but she didn't cry.
This time, there would be no tears, she knew one thing this was her second chance.
And she wouldn't waste it.
Amelia stood slowly, steadying her breath.The room smelled of old wood and faded perfume.The same scent that clung to the Rayne family mansion for years. The sound of birds outside her just how peaceful the world still was how unaware everyone remained of the coming DOOM!!!
She glanced at her phone It was still working.The lock screen showed a smiling picture of Darian holding her waist, Velma by their side.
Her stomach turned.
They had already begun stealing her life - she just hadn't seen it before.
Not this time.
She pulled the curtains wide open and stared out at the estate grounds as workers trimmed the edges.Her mother was at the garden table sipping tea and her father reading the paper beside her mother.
I turned away away and pulled out a notebook -a fresh one no one knew the world would end in 31 days but she did because she was reborn.
And she had plans
Step 1: prepare supplies, weapons, medical, food, Technology.
Step 2: build a shelter stronger than steel.
Step 3: REVENGE
Step 4: tell all the people to stock on supplies.
Every name,Every betrayal - they had all face her again.but this time I'd be ready.And I'll watch them fall.
Just then ,a knock sounded on her door
It was Darian
He peeked in with that same charming smile "morning love, you look pale"
I gave him a small,controlled smile.
"I'm fine"I said.
I wouldn't strike yet.I needed time.