Tick Tack, time goes by...
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Last published Wed, Mar 11, 2026
"Tick tack, the time has started... I don't know if I can make it in time! Tick tack, the time goes by... I turn right and slip, slamming my head against the wall. Tick tack, time is ending... My head throbs like hell, but I keep going. I can't lose! Tick tack, end of time..."
This is the story of Kate Delfine, a 24-year-old woman who lives in the middle of the city with her husband and works at a local bar. Pretty normal, right? She's happy and all-or at least, that's what she tells herself. But one random day, everything changes. She receives an invitation to a better life-a life where she wouldn't have to stay married to a man she doesn't love just to please her mother. A life where she wouldn't have to wake up every morning to the sight of the man who destroyed her chances at a good life.
All she has to do is win a game.
A magical, dangerous, exhilarating game with no rules, only a purpose. The stakes? Her life. But isn't life boring without a little risk? Kate is on her own-at least, that's what she thinks.
But don't forget: the game has a timer, and time keeps ticking... tick tack.
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