The Poison Hourglass

Every touch is lethal. Every second costs a memory.

Calyra Morvane is an immortal siren archer whose skin secretes a fatal neurotoxin. Condemned to die and violently resurrect for her realm, she treats her body as disposable ordnance.

Auren Kaelvar is the exiled dragon prince of a volcanic kingdom, burning away his finite lifespan to manipulate time. Local stasis costs him minutes; turning back the clock costs months of his identity.

When a covert conspiracy threatens to destroy both their realms, the two hereditary enemies are forced into an off-grid alliance. On the battlefield, they are lethal synchronicity. But behind closed doors, survival demands an agonizing physical barrier: Calyra's bare touch kills within ninety seconds, and the only way Auren can survive holding her is to rewind the clock-wiping away the memory of every embrace.

As Auren's chronal debt begins unravelling his mind, Calyra uncovers the ancient secret that could save him. But curing his fading heart means surrendering the relic of her immortality, committing high treason, and binding their fragile lives across a single, mortal horizon.

How much is one shared second worth when it costs everything?

Tropes & Dynamics: Enemies to Lovers | Forced Proximity | Deadly Touch Siren Assassin x Dragon Prince Chronomancy & Amnesia Angst Dual POV (Third Person)

Content Advisory: Rated Mature for graphic fantasy violence, cyclic resurrection trauma, bodily injury, and themes of memory loss and grief.