Sophieleila had been experiencing dizzy spells in brightly lit places lately . It was an indescribable sensation - not hypoglycemia , not vertigo - but sudden auditory blurring , limb numbness , and violently erratic heartbeat . The first episode struck at Initial Media Corporation's studio . She'd been assisting with a memorial short film set when she stepped under the lighting rig . Instantly , her vision whitened , temples throbbing with agony as she collapsed to her knees , gasping for air . In the haze , someone shouted a name : " Emerie ! " Then scenes flickered : A hospital corridor . A film crew's lights . Heritage Coast . That letter pleading for Andrew Williams to attend the memorial . She jolted awake in the infirmary , back drenched in cold sweat . Andrew stood bedside , brow furrowed : " You called out a name . " She feigned ignorance : " Who ? " " Andrew Williams . " Her heart seized , but she widened her eyes : " Really ? " " Have we met somewhere ? " " Maybe from your interviews . " She forced a smile . " You're quite famous . " He didn't press , just pinned her with an unblinking stare . She couldn't stay , scrambling to her feet to flee . By the second night , it worsened . Returning to her staff dorm , she froze upon opening the door . 0.0 % 00:06 Chapter 15 The wooden floor grain . That half - shattered ceramic mug on the desk corner . She knew them too intimately . This wasn'tleila Sophieleila's room - it was Emerie's six - year sanctuary from another life . Her fingers instinctively traced the chipped table edge where she'd once gashed her knee . She stepped back . Suddenly , she saw herself in a white dress , swallowing pills on that chair . She crumpled to her knees . Agony ripped through her . Ears rang . " Emerie ! Can you hear me ?! " Whose voice ? " Stop chasing the past ! You don't belong there anymore ! " The voice echoed as darkness swallowed her vision - then a hand yanked her upright . Her eyes snapped open . She sat not in her dorm , but in a vast theater . Silence hung thick . Curtains drawn . A lone empty chair center stage . Sean sat watching her , fingers interlaced , gaze glacial . " Third collapse . " Her face paled . " I saw … memories . " " Not memories . Reality . " His tone remained flat . " Soul retrograde displacement . " " What ? " " When you rebirthed into this body , its emotional memories weren't erased - just forcibly suppressed . " " You're reactivating them . " " That's a violation . " Her voice trembled : " It's involuntary . " Sean studied her long before speaking : " Persist , and your soul shatters completely . " " You'll lose even this vessel . " " Then you'll be neitherleila Sophieleila nor Emerie - just a wraith drifting between timelines . " " Uncontrolled , you'll become a shadow existing in no reality . " " Erased . Obliterated from all existence . " " No one will remember you lived . " The words struck her thunderstruck . 288 Vouchers Sophieleila's face turned ghostly pale : " How much longer can I hold on ? " " That depends on how badly you still want to get close to him . " " The more you want it , the closer he gets , and the more you lose control . " " You want to reclaim your past with him , but the system only allows you to know him anew . " Her lips trembled : " Can I really not tell him who I am ? " Sean shook his head : " If you want to live , don't even think about it . " " Otherwise , this rebirth cycle will become permanent dissipation . " Whenleila Sophieleila opened her eyes again , she was back in her dorm . The mirror reflected her pallid face , sweat beading at her temples , and an unfamiliar gaze . She sat on the edge of the bed like a lost soul , fingers slowly tracing the scar on her calf - one that didn't belong to her current body . It was from a fall in her previous life . Yet now , it had appeared on this new body . Finally , she understood . Each step she took toward him shattered her soul a bit more . And she already couldn't not go closer . 64.1 % 00:06 Chapter 16 32.4 %