The Toll on your breath
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MatureComplete Sat, May 23, 202650m
Genre: Speculative Fiction / Romantic Suspense
The Trope: "Starchrossed Lovers" meets "Race Against Time"
The Setup
Elara is a "Closer" someone trained to be clinical, calm, and comforting. Her job is to process the paperwork and provide the final meal for those whose 50th birthday has arrived. She's been the best in her sector because she never gets attached.
That changes when she meets Julian. He's a "Runner" (someone who tries to bypass their Toll) who was captured. But Julian isn't 50-he's only 32. And when Elara pulls his file to process his early "termination," she finds a digital glitch: her own name is linked to his.
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