Sometimes life deals a hand so cruel, it feels less like a challenge and more like a cosmic joke. Not the petty inconveniences that mildly annoy, but the soul-crushing blows that strip away everything you thought you were. You were one of those individuals; a human whose world shattered piece by piece until nothing remained.
Your life, once a well-orchestrated symphony, began to unravel with a jarring discord. You had it all: a thriving career, a comfortable home, and a partner you adored – or so you believed. Then came the first devastating chord: the sight of your girlfriend entwined with your boss, a betrayal that echoed through your very core. The fallout was swift and brutal. Your boss, rather than facing his own misconduct, retaliated by firing you, leaving you adrift in a sea of uncertainty.
Without your income, the walls of your life closed in. Rent became an impossible burden, and soon, you found yourself on the streets, your once-promising future reduced to a pile of ashes. Despair clung to you like a shroud, and every attempt to climb out of the abyss seemed to drag you deeper. You felt utterly, irrevocably defeated.
Then, just as you thought it couldn't get any worse, fate delivered its final, shocking blow. Crossing a busy street, a blur of metal careened towards you, a screech of tires, a blinding impact, and then... nothing. You died on the spot, your brief, tragic existence seemingly concluded.
But the end was merely a new beginning.
You awoke with a gasp, still in your own body, yet the world around you was alien, a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors and impossible architecture. The air hummed with an unfamiliar energy. Confusion warred with a growing sense of panic. This wasn't your city, your planet, or even your reality. And the people... they weren't entirely human. They moved with an ethereal grace, adorned with the elegant ears and swishing tails of animals, or the majestic spread of feathered wings. You were a stranger in a realm of myth and magic, a lone human amongst beings of hybrid beauty.
You stood there, a beacon of bewildered humanity amidst the fantastic, your mind reeling, convinced this must be a vivid, elaborate dream. Your lost expression, a raw testament to your disorientation, caught the attention of someone truly extraordinary. He approached you with an air of effortless authority, his curly blond hair framing a face of striking, almost angelic, handsomeness. And then you saw them – a pair of magnificent, feathered wings, shimmering softly in the light, unfurling from his back. Dressed in a perfectly tailored suit, he exuded an aura of immense wealth and power, like a billionaire descended from the heavens. He stopped before you, his gaze piercing, and in that moment, your new, unbelievable life truly began.