The Ninth Minute: Deadly Reset

The bullet rips through my chest, the dome explodes in fire, and then—I’m back. Nine minutes before my death, I’m standing over the man I’m supposed to protect, a blood-stained detonator in my hand and his cold, calculating eyes locked onto mine. I am trapped in a lethal loop where every reset costs me a piece of my soul, erasing the face of someone I love until I am a stranger to myself. Ian Mercer, the man I’m framed for murdering, is the only one who remembers my every death, and he’s using that knowledge to pull me into a dark, suffocating dance of obsession and betrayal. He claims he’s my only hope, yet he’s the one who predicted I would be his killer. With only nine minutes left and my memories fading to black, will I save the man who owns my past, or will I finally pull the trigger and become the monster he’s already seen me be?