[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge] Avaria, a renowned bounty hunter known as Nightwing, is thrust into a mission to procure a fabled artefact – the Chronocycle. Legends shroud this timeless hourglass in mystery, for it possesses the extraordinary ability to mend the ailing, beckon back the departed, and fulfil the deepest desires of those who possess it.

As Avaria and her friends embark on this mission, she begins to question everything she ever knew. Bound by the urgency to save the dying king and quell the kingdom's impending war, Avaria is racing with death