The Hourglass Bearer (Time Series #2)
Shiwei has watched over time itself, a warden of eternity with no past, no future-only the present stretching endlessly before him. When he grants a mortal, Horace, the power to rewrite time, he expects nothing more than a testament to humanity's greed. Yet, Horace defies his expectations, using his gift not for power, but for love-again and again, sacrificing everything for Yue.
Curious. Envious. Intrigued.
For the first time, Shiwei questions his own existence. If he were human, could he love as fiercely as Horace? Could he defy fate for someone the way Horace did?
Determined to find out, Shiwei descends to the human world, disguising himself as one of them. But as he walks among mortals, observing their struggles, their fleeting joys, and their fragile connections, he finds himself drawn to one person in particular-Akari, a girl who embodies the beauty of an ordinary life.
Yet, with every step he takes as a human, his presence begins to fade. The more he manipulates time to protect Akari, the less the world remembers him. Until one day, she is the only one who can still see him.
As the sands of his hourglass run out, Shiwei faces an impossible choice: accept his fate and vanish from existence, or risk everything for a love that was never meant to be.
Because every power comes with a price-and for the Hourglass Bearer, that price may be his very existence.
