Chapter 153: **The Fates' Plan**
Harry's eyes dropped to the floor, his heart pounding with disbelief. Standing before him was his mother—not just a familiar face, but the mother from his other life, the one he lost in the dream that he had tried to convince himself was merely fiction. But how could that be?
"No, it was not a dream, Harry," his mother said softly, as if she could read his thoughts. "You died in that life… again."
Harry's head spun. He stumbled backward, struggling to understand. If he had died in that life, then why was he here, living in this shell, as if his old life had been nothing but a cruel fantasy?
"But, Mum… you died," he stammered, the words nearly choking him. "Why did you have to die?"
