The Teddy Who Changed My Fate

From the back cover

Phoebe's luck turns when she takes in a stray poodle: a contract, a promotion, and an offer from a wealthy matriarch, Eleanor Vance, to marry her son. The wedding goes ahead without the groom, and Phoebe walks down the aisle with the poodle in her arms. Days later, her roommate Stella pushes her off their building's rooftop, raging that she deserved the same fairytale.

Phoebe wakes back on the same street corner and lets Stella adopt the poodle instead. Stella, clearly reborn too, boasts that the dog is her good luck charm. A voice in Phoebe's mind explains that rebirth is a power triggered by the death of the other person who received the chance. Phoebe hides her own rebirth, knowing the poodle has another name: the Wicked Fleece.

Stella brings the unruly dog to the office, where the arriving client is none other than Eleanor Vance, the poodle's owner. Eleanor offers Stella any reward, and Stella asks only that the company's proposal be considered. Eleanor agrees to sign, but her words feel less like gratitude than a trap.