Elira Renhart lived in a beautiful mansion with her loving father. Her mother had passed away years ago, but Elira was happy. She was kind, smart, and full of dreams. Her father, Alric Renhart, was a rich and respected man who loved her more than anything.

  But everything changed when he brought home a new wife — Liora.

  Liora looked kind and gentle. She had two children: Cassian, a boy who smiled too much but never looked you in the eye, and Melina, a quiet girl who watched everything. Elira tried to welcome them with a kind heart. But slowly, things began to feel wrong.

  Her father stopped spending time with her. The workers in the house were replaced. And Elira noticed that her father was getting sick, even though he had always been strong and healthy.

  One night, Elira heard Liora whispering to someone, “Just keep increasing the dose. He’s already forgetting things.”

  Elira’s heart dropped. Was Liora poisoning her father?

  She tried to tell the doctor. But Liora had already planned ahead. She gave the doctor fake papers, showing that Elira had been the one giving him medicine. Worse — it had her forged signature.

  Her father believed Liora. Elira was heartbroken.

  Soon, she was blamed for everything. The police arrested her, and her father died just days later. The world believed it was a heart attack.

  But Elira knew the truth.

  They had murdered him.

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  In prison, Elira felt hopeless. Her life had been stolen. She whispered to the night,

  “If I get one more chance… I’ll make them pay.”

  And something strange happened.

  Elira collapsed. Everything went dark.

  Chapter 2: A Second Chance

  Elira woke up with a scream. She was in her old room. The calendar on the wall showed a date from before her father had met Liora.

  She was sixteen again.

  “It’s not a dream,” she whispered. “I’m back.”

  Elira knew she had one chance to stop everything — to protect her father and herself.

  She acted normal. She smiled at Liora. She joked with Cassian. But this time, she watched carefully.

  She followed Liora secretly one night and saw her meeting a strange man in the woods. He gave her a small bottle. Elira managed to steal one — it was poison.

  She got it tested by a secret friend. It was real.

  Elira began gathering proof — recording voices, hiding letters, and even hiring someone to investigate Liora’s past. She learned that Liora had married before — and that man had died the same way.

  This time, Elira would not stay silent.

  On the night her father was going to announce his engagement to Liora, Elira made her move.

  She invited a family friend — a judge — for dinner. During the meal, Elira pretended to drink from a glass she knew was poisoned. She switched it earlier.

  She fell to the ground, pretending to be sick.

  The judge stood up in shock.

  And Cassian, panicked, shouted,

  “You gave her the wrong one?!”

  That was all Elira needed.

  The guards were called. The evidence was shown. The poison, the recordings, the letters — all of it.

  Liora, Cassian, and Melina were arrested.

  Chapter 3: Justice

  Elira’s name was cleared. The estate was hers again. Her father was saved, and this time, she made sure he was surrounded by people who truly cared.

  She never told him everything — only that she had dreams warning her of danger. That was enough for him to stay safe.

  Elira rebuilt her life. She helped others who had been betrayed like her.

  And every time she passed the room where her enemies once lived, she smiled — not with anger, but with strength.

  Because she had died once.

  But she came back stronger.