The Unwanted Heir's Takeover

Summary

Ten years. That’s how long I served my time in the gray, the space between lives. I scrubbed my karmic slate clean and bought myself a second chance, but I didn't come back empty-handed. The universe, in its infinite and brutal wisdom, gave me a gift: a power that makes the lies of my biased parents come true.

At the dinner table, my adoptive mother slid the only steak onto my brother’s plate.

“A growing boy needs his protein or he’ll get stupid,” she’d said. “A girl can make do with bread and scraps.”