In the quiet shadows of a small-town mortuary, Margaret and her enigmatic husband Edwin live a life surrounded by death, offering solace to grieving families and preparing the dead for their final rest. But beneath the surface of their seemingly ordinary existence, lies a dark and dangerous secret.
For centuries, Edwin has extended his life through the use of mysterious hourglasses-each containing the stolen time of those who have passed. As long as the sands keep falling, so too does Edwin's unnatural youth. But his immortality comes at a cost, one that Margaret is unaware of... for now.
As Margaret begins to notice strange occurrences in the mortuary-footsteps in the night, missing bodies, and a new arrival who refuses to stay dead-she starts to unravel the truth about her husband's agelessness and the sinister hourglasses hidden in their home. The deeper she digs, the more she is drawn into a world where time can be bought and sold, where life and death are no longer absolutes, and where the price of eternal life is far steeper than she ever imagined.
Now, Margaret must confront a devastating choice: whether to stand by her husband and partake in his unnatural existence, or shatter the hourglass that has bound him to this world and face the consequences of undoing time itself.
Borrowed Time is a haunting tale of love, immortality, and the moral boundaries between life and death. As the clock ticks down, Margaret must decide what it means to truly live-and whether time is something to be treasured, stolen, or sacrificed.
Book 2 of the 𝕱𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖈𝖑𝖚𝖇 series
{Duology}
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𝕾𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖇𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘.
𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚.
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𝕬𝖈𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖆 𝕸𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖎 got tricked once, but she vowed never to be fooled twice. Never saw the accident coming. Never imagined her long-lost best friend to be the one behind it.
Death, vengeance and pain have been the very foundations of her life. She had one enemy left for her revenge to be complete. She knew what had to be done in order to see the blood spill from his veins.
She had to walk down memory lane and dig up the past she didn't want to unravel. Collect the memories she had locked away for good.
But first...
𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆.
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𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
/ˌ𝘳ɛ𝘬əˈ𝘭ɛ𝘬ʃ(ə)𝘯/
𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯
the action or faculty of remembering or
recollecting something.
•a thing recollected; a memory.
plural noun: recollections
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Book #1 must be read first.
⚠️Read the trigger warnings inside⚠️
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❗️I don't own any of the photos. I just made the aesthetics.❗️
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Started: 14/07/2024
Completed: 20/02/2025
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