In her past life, Evelyn tried to warn her classmates that Chloe's miracle "cartilage injections" were a banned drug that would destroy their feet — no one listened, and she was bullied to her death. Reborn on the day the syringes appear, she says nothing. She simply refuses the needle and watches the whole class inject itself with poisoned ambition. When the Paris Royal Ballet's Swan Lake audition arrives, the drug has ruined every pair of feet but hers, and Evelyn alone wins the life-changing contract. The class tears itself apart: Chloe dies in the violence, and Max goes to prison. Evelyn leaves for Paris, yet one question haunts her dreams — "Why didn't you save them?" Years later, in a small mountain town, she teaches children how to stand safely, and finally finds her answer.
