FROM DEATH TO DOMINATION

TASTE OF HER MEDICINE.

" Are you okay, Doctor?" a feminine voice asked, causing Slade's eyes to peel open almost immediately.

He blinked a few times and looked around, only to find himself in the operating room with a scalpel in his hand and a patient undergoing surgery in front of him.

" Are you okay, Doctor?" another voice asked when they saw Slade blinking rapidly.

" Yes...yes, I'm fine," he said and turned to one of the surgical assistants before asking, " What is today's date and what year are we in?"

At first, they were all surprised and shocked at the same time, but one of them spoke up. " Today's date is 24th September 2022."

" Are you sure?" Slade asked, making them even more surprised, but no one dared to say a word.

" Yes, Doctor," the surgical assistant replied.

Slade inhaled slowly, his mind drifting to his past life and how he was killed by his stepbrother, Caleb, and his wife, Sophia.

He was given a second chance and was brought back two months before his death.

He took a deep breath before stretching forth his hand to his first assistant. " Suture."

….

Slade was able to wrap up the surgery successfully, and the patient was transferred to the ICU.

Standing in front of a mirror in the restroom, he couldn't help but think about his life for the past few years.

While he was unaware, his stepbrother Caleb had been having an affair with his wife, Sophia, and his stepmother and his other stepbrother, Michael, had been planning his downfall.

His eyes turned a shade darker, and his grip on the sink tightened, almost breaking it into two equal halves.

" I will make them pay." he gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with the urge for revenge.

To make each and everyone involved in his first death pay dearly.

Once he was done washing his hands, he left the bathroom and took off the surgical gown, mask, and gloves, dumping them in the nearest dump bin.

On his way to his office, Slade came across Caleb and Sophia coming from the other end of the hallway.

He wanted to avoid them, as he had a lot to think about, but there was no way out.

He either confronts them or walk away from them.

To him, the latter wasn't an option.

He was no longer the weak Slade whom everyone mocked and called a wimp.

" There you are, kid brother."

Caleb flashed him a smile - a fake one, which Slade was already aware of.

If it was before, he would also return the smile with the thought that his step brothers cared about him and didn't have any ulterior motives against him.

But not now that he had seen through their facade and all their hypocritical behaviors, the urge to return the smile died instantly.

" How was the surgery?" Sophia asked.

Her shining doe eyes would be able to make any man fall deeply in love with her, that included the old Slade.

But now, what he only felt for her was nothing short of disgust and hatred. The same went for Caleb.

He didn't consider her his wife anymore. She was nothing more than whore!

" Why aren't you replying? Are you okay? Wasn't the surgery successful?" Caleb bombarded him with numerous questions, causing a smirk to curl up on Slade's lips.

" Were you expecting the surgery not to be successful?" he asked, catching both of them off guard.

" Huh? What do you mean?" Caleb asked, feigning ignorance.

" You think I don't know that you planned on making the surgery a failure?"

Slade tilted his head with a smirk, just the same way Caleb did before he injected him with cyanide in his past life.

" I don't understand what you're talking about..." Caleb chuckled, but Slade could see through him.

He was damn nervous.

" If you don't understand what I mean, then why are you nervous?" Slade asked, a grin plastered on his lips. " Brother Caleb, you're sweating profusely." He mocked.

" Maybe it's because of the hot weather." Caleb replied, stuttering as he spoke.

" I won't have you accuse me of something I know nothing about!"

Slade could remember vividly well how the same surgery he had just finished performing caused a huge problem for him in his past life.

Because of Caleb's evil plans, the patient lost his life due to excessive bleeding, but Slade had not even the slightest idea about it.

He was quick to find out that Caleb had given the patient anticoagulant medication before the surgery.

With his extraordinary medical skills, he was able to perform the surgery even despite the medication given to the patient.

" You gave the patient anticoagulant medication, didn't you?" Slade asked, his voice turned cold like the sharp edge of a sword.

" What are you talking about?" Caleb scoffed. "Are you out of your mind? Why would I do such a thing?"

" Because you will do whatever it takes to make me leave this medical center. I'm a threat to you, and you will stop at nothing to get rid of me. Isn't that it?"

" Stop Slade!" Sophia interfered. " Why would you accuse your older brother of such a thing?"

" You both are birds of the same feathers." Slade glared and walked past them, bumping his shoulder with that of Caleb's, on purpose.

" You bastard! How dare you!" Caleb's patience, which was already hanging by a thread, finally bursted.

Despite his shouts and curses, Slade never turned around to look at him, let alone give him a reply.

As he made his way towards his office, his mind suddenly fell on the golden necklace around his neck.

" Why did Mother give me this necklace?" he asked no one in particular, as he slowly reached out to touch the gold pendant.

" I'm sure it was because of this necklace that I was given a second chance, but how?"

The question kept lingering in his mind, until he bumped into someone because he wasn't looking where he was heading.

" Don't you have eyes, wimp!" a feminine voice shouted, attracting the attention of passersby and onlookers.

Raising his head slowly, a small smirk appeared on Slade's lips upon seeing his stepmother, Rita.

The woman who always pretended to love him in front of his father but was a tigress once she got the opportunity to show her true colors.

" How dare you smile, dumb rat!"

Rita yelled, raising her hand to hit Slade across the face, like she always did in his past life.

He was weak back then and didn't have the power to fight back, but not this time.

Before her palm could come into contact with his face, Slade reached out and held her wrists.

" What?" He raised a brow. " Do you think I will let you hit me, Mother? I'm a full grown man."

Slade muttered, his lips slowly curling into a smile.

Rita couldn't believe her eyes.

She was shocked and instantly turned pale!