James' Apartment, Reset Timeline - 2024
James woke with a gasp, his fingers clutching a pen. Pages and pages of a half-finished novel covered his desk—The Girl from the Future.
Something nagged at him. He rushed to the backyard and dug frantically until his shovel hit metal—
Sophie's locket.
Inside, a tiny hologram flickered to life: Sophie in a lab coat, smiling. "If you're seeing this, you promised to find me. Come to Chronos Books at noon."
His hands shook. He remembered nothing... but his heart did.
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