Rebirth to Expose Betrayal

After My Death, I Exposed Her Perfect Crimes

Chapter 1 of Rebirth to Expose Betrayal

This night. This exact night.

I sat up slowly, my hands trembling as I pushed back the covers. The ornate clock on my bedside table read 11:47 PM—the very hour that had marked the beginning of my end in another lifetime.

"I've been given a second chance," I whispered, my voice sounding foreign to my own ears.

In my previous life, this was the night intruders broke into the Hartwell estate. The night I had instructed my maid Elena to fetch Flynn. The night that set in motion the chain of events that would ultimately lead to my death on my wedding night, with Flynn's accusations ringing in my ears and Marianna's victorious smile the last thing I saw.

A crash echoed from downstairs, followed by hushed, urgent voices. The intruders were already inside. My body tensed with the instinct to call for Elena, to send her running for Flynn just as I had done before.

But this time, I remained silent.

I slipped from my bed, the cool floorboards beneath my bare feet grounding me in this new reality. With calculated movements, I made my way to the window overlooking the east garden. The moon cast silver light across the manicured hedges, illuminating a figure moving with purposeful steps toward the servants' entrance.

Marianna.

My blood ran cold as I watched her glide through the shadows with suspicious familiarity, her pale dress gleaming in the moonlight. She wasn't running in fear or confusion. She moved with the confidence of someone following a plan.

"Of course," I murmured, pressing my palm against the glass. "You orchestrated everything."

In my previous life, I had never questioned why Marianna had been wandering the halls during the break-in. I had been too consumed by my desire to protect Flynn's family—to protect her—to see the truth. But with the clarity of rebirth, the pieces fell into place with sickening precision.

I watched as she disappeared into the servants' wing, and minutes later, three masked figures emerged from the main house, carrying bags of valuables. They paused, looking toward a window on the second floor—Marianna's window—before continuing toward the garden wall.

A soft knock at my door startled me.

"Miss Selene?" Elena's worried voice came through the wood. "I heard noises downstairs. Should I fetch Mr. Hartwell?"

My throat tightened. This was the moment—the crossroads where my fate could change. Last time, I had sent Elena running through the night to bring Flynn back from town. I had tried to be the heroine, only to be cast as the villain.

"No, Elena," I said firmly. "Stay here and lock the door. We'll wait until morning."

"But Miss—"

"That's an order, Elena."

I turned back to the window just in time to see Marianna slipping into the house through the side entrance, something clutched in her hands. I squinted, trying to make out the objects in the dim light. Papers? Letters?

With dawning horror, I realized what was happening. While I stood watching, Marianna was executing the next phase of her plan—framing me. In my previous life, I had been too busy playing savior to notice her planting evidence in my room, correspondence that would later be "discovered" and used to prove my collusion with the intruders.

I pressed myself against the wall beside my window, heart racing as I heard footsteps in the hallway—too light to be the intruders, too purposeful to be a frightened servant. Marianna was coming for my room, coming to plant the seeds of my destruction while the household was in chaos.

This time, I would be waiting for her.

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