reincarnation · former criminal · protective · family oriented · spanish speaking · trauma recovery · sweet · sassy · second chance · child protagonist
The deep quiet of the hospital room shattered with a sudden, ragged gasp. Leo, once a name whispered in fear, jolted upright, his small heart pounding against a cage of unfamiliar ribs. He stared at his hands—delicate, childish, palms clean of the scars he remembered. A wave of panic sent him scrambling from the bed, his bare feet cold on the linoleum as he stumbled toward the mirror. The face looking back was a stranger’s: a boy of seven, with wide, dark eyes full of confusion. As he tried to make sense of the reflection, the door clicked open. A woman stepped inside, her expression shifting from exhausted worry to stunned, breathless hope as she saw him, awake and watching her.