The Seconds We Owe

The bullet was already inside Calder Rook’s heart when Mara Venn stole eleven seconds from death. He woke beneath her hands—and a burning countdown appeared on her wrist. Now the city’s feared executioner is ordered to arrest the time thief who saved him, but their lives are bound: every fatal wound Calder takes costs Mara a day of her own. As they hunt the hidden force stealing the city’s future, each close call drives them closer, even while Calder’s death contract tightens and one district resets every thirteen nights, erasing their clues—and their memories. When the next reset begins, Mara must choose: break the bond and let Calder die, or sacrifice the last years of her life to save the man sworn to destroy her?