Counting Seconds Until You Die
Language: en
The Caldwell family was haunted by a legacy of early graves. Every man in their bloodline carried a genetic ticking clock—none had ever made it past thirty. My family’s lineage was the only antidote, a tradition of spiritual and physical tethering that kept the darkness at bay through marriage. But on the day of our wedding, Bennett Caldwell didn’t say "I do." Instead, he reached into his tuxedo jacket, pulled out our marriage contract, and tore it to shreds in front of the entire congregation. He did it for her—his college sweetheart, the "one who got away" who had suddenly come back into…