(THE GUESS) ARIANNE’S POV I SLUMP on my bed, tired after all that had happened for the rest of the day. With the thoughts of what I have accomplished and not. Added by the fact that questions and mysteries are piling up right now that needed some answers and fast. Worse, I do not have the hourglass in my hands and with the game that I took, I am afraid that he will know something about it. “Without the hourglass, I cannot go back in time nor I can perform any experiments on it.” Contemplating, I unknowingly raise my hand seemingly reaching for something while blankly staring at it. When his image suddenly flashes in my mind that immediately snaps me back to reality. “My mate,” I whisper, all determined to sever my ties to him and force him to break our call. I do not want to be

