Kael showed Elara a hidden library — books suspended in mid-air, pages frozen mid-flip.
"This is where time's rules are written," he whispered. "And where they can be broken."
Elara learned that someone was experimenting with time, and they were getting stronger.
She had to make a choice: keep running through frozen moments, or confront whoever was behind this. Every second borrowed had a cost, and soon, she might have to pay.