Chapter 1

My roommate was an extreme eco-warrior.

During a brutal 104°F heatwave, she locked the AC remote in her drawer.

"We are supposed to sweat in the summer anyway. Just bear with it. Think of it as your contribution to saving Mother Earth."

That night, there wasn't a single breeze coming through the window.

Our dorm room felt exactly like an active pizza oven.

My head was spinning from the suffocating heat, and sweat was dripping off me in sheets.

When I tried to find the key to the drawer, she climbed onto a chair and used scissors to snip the AC's power cord right in half.

"Can't you see Mother Nature is throwing up a fever? You selfish brat, all you care about is producing greenhouse gases."

In my past life, this was the exact night that kicked off a massive wave of cyberbullying against me at school.

Everyone called me a spoiled, privileged princess who had zero empathy for the planet.

They praised her as a hero with a noble mission.

Ultimately, the extreme heat triggered my myocardial ischemia, sending me into cardiogenic shock.

While I was dying, she cried on a TikTok Live, telling her followers that I only collapsed because I ate too much "processed industrial junk food" and had a weak body.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the very first day of the semester.

She was currently shoving the AC remote into her drawer.

Her eyes were red as she looked at me and said, "Norah, being a little warm isn't going to kill you."

Without a word, I grabbed my phone and my medical records, and walked straight to the housing office.

"Mrs. Taylor, I need to apply for an emergency transfer to a single room."