THE BORROWED SIGHT
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Five years in the dark, Elodie Jackson finally gets her sight back when Bruce Williams pays for her surgery.
But it isn't a gift.
It comes with a price-her freedom.
And the world she sees now isn't the same.
Her new sight brings something she can't explain. Moments before they happen. Glimpses she can't ignore. A future that feels too real to escape.
With only a week left before she's forced into a marriage she never chose, Elodie sees something she shouldn't.
The man she is meant to love.
The man who will end her.
[This novella is being written for the Open Novella Contest 2026!
Prompt: #101 You have a vision of your soulmate but it's of the moment where they end your life.]
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