The Quiet Unraveling: a Haunting Supernatural Mystery Where Every Second Counts

Some seconds are stolen.Some seconds are cursed.And some seconds… choose you.When seventeen-year-old Emily Hart begins seeing flickers of golden light drifting from her skin, she believes it’s exhaustion—until the world around her starts to warp. Clocks stutter. Shadows breathe. Her heartbeat slips in and out of time.Something inside her is breaking…or waking.And it’s not just watching her—it’s hunting her.Desperate for answers, Emily turns to Nate Calder, a quiet outsider who carries a secret of his own: he can bend time’s edges… but only when he’s close to her. Their connection is instant, dangerous, and undeniable—and it makes them the only two who can stop what’s coming.Because beneath Greyharbor’s cliffs,in the abandoned cannery where time itself rots,a creature made of broken seconds is rising.It wants the power inside Emily.It wants her second to snap.And if it wakes fully…the world will end at 11:57 p.m.As reality begins to unravel—as past and future collapse into each other—Emily and Nate must face the truth:She isn’t an accident.She isn’t cursed.She is a hinge—a being who can split timelines……and only together can they survive the night.But every choice has a cost.Every heartbeat is borrowed.And love, in a world built from broken seconds,may be the deadliest risk of all.Perfect for fans of Dean Koontz, Stephanie Garber, and V.E. Schwab, The Quiet Unraveling is a haunting, emotional, atmospheric thriller about fate, first love, and a town where time doesn’t just pass—it breaks.If you could save the world—but had to shatter yourself to do it—would you?