Chapter 1

The world plunged into a Great Freeze, but I had drawn three passes to a secure bunker.

Orphaned and alone, I decided to give the passes to my girlfriend and my best friend.

Yet, my girlfriend, Ronnie, wasn't just ungrateful.

While I slept, she stole my passes and sold them to a rich man.

She teamed up with my friend, Liam, to abduct me, and the two of them started a relationship right in front of me.

“You’re an orphan, but you’ve always had it easy, plus you’re an athlete – you might even survive out there!”

“Liam is always sick, always getting picked on, and he couldn't even get a single pass! It’s not fair! Just this once, let him have it!”

I screamed and cried, begging Ronnie to at least untie me.

But they pretended not to see, leaving me to suffer hypothermia, freezing to death in the desolate suburbs.

Later, she leveraged Sterling’s gratitude – the rich man she’d ensnared.

Not only did she survive the Great Freeze, but she became an influential figure in the new world, living a life of absolute luxury.

Reborn into this life, I returned to the day I drew the passes.

Seeing my girlfriend and friend’s eager eyes, tears instantly welled in mine.

“I only drew one pass. What are we going to do?”