The clockmakers gift

hree: The

if it had been resting in someone's palm moments before. But the sensation wasn'

ted into the shape of vines. The glass face revealed its strange interior: no numbers,

Tobias said, watching her

up. "What d

as if explaining this w

revisit in our minds, over and over, trying to understand, trying to undo. This watch... allow

d ticked slowly forward-tick... tick... tick-as if it

e asked.

bias said, stepping back. "And because the prese

ghtened. "Is

r the first time, he looked tir

most," he said. "And sometimes,

s mind

en lake. It was a dare. A race. A crack

Elena had never forgi

h over in her hands

Think of the moment that changed you. The moment you

heart pounding.

our body-just your eyes, your memor

ticking grew louder. A vibration moved

losed h

ke, the snow, Lila's breathless laugh

y," she w

ks around the room all ticked in uni

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