Reborn with a Vengeance: My Memories Are My Superpower
When I was bullied and pushed off the school rooftop,
Julian, the fox-beastman I had adopted, was kneeling before my tormentor, Valerie Blackwood, devoutly kissing her hand:
“Valerie, please, let me come back to you, okay?”
But back then, it was *me* who’d risked half my life, fighting tooth and nail, to rescue a half-dead Julian from Valerie’s cruel beast-fighting arena.
That was the moment I finally understood: Julian had always been deeply in love with
Valerie.
He hated my so-called rescue, hated me for taking him away from her side.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day we first met.
Julian was curled in a corner, bruised, battered, and barely clinging to life.
I smiled, clapped my hands, and pointed at the snarling little wolf that had injured him so
badly.
“What a fierce little pup. I want him.”
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Memories from just a few minutes ago were still replaying in my mind.
Valerie, with a pack of beast-men, cornered me on the rooftop, beating me until my head
bled.
Just as I gritted my teeth, pulling out the small knife hidden at my lower back to stab her, Julian appeared.
But not to save me.
He shifted into his beast form, leaping swiftly, snatching the knife from my hand.
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He tackled me, throwing me off balance. My foot slipped, and I tumbled backward.
In that instant, I watched him carefully help a startled Valerie to her feet.
He knelt on the ground, bowing his head to devoutly kiss her hand.
“Valerie, you are my only true master.
“I’ve grown strong enough now, strong enough to protect you.
“Please, let me return to your side, okay?”
Turns out, the fox I’d nurtured for five years had never once acknowledged me as his
owner.
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Every day I cared for him, he was just biding his time, waiting for a chance to bite through my throat and return to Valerie’s side.
Hatred burned away my reason. I closed my eyes as I fell.
The sudden, dizzying sense of freefall swallowed me whole.
