She was supposed to die on that stage. I was supposed to watch. Neither of us got our ending.

I died in the dungeons. Now I'm five years in the past, and the cursed duke is my only way out.

They summoned me to save their dying gardens. I didn't expect the immortal lord, or the price.

My implant says I'm a 42. He's a 91. The system says we're incompatible.

Every night in the lamp takes something from me. I keep going back.

I'm the last seer. I've seen my own death in every future.

Earth surrendered. I was supposed to be a cultural ambassador. I'm a hostage.

I'm a maid who builds clockwork in secret. He's the duke buying my inventions.

I was meant to be a sacrifice. He was meant to destroy my ship.

I found his sealskin. In selkie lore, that means I own him. He's been waiting.