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The next afternoon, the rain began. Elara walked down to the harbor, her heart hammering against her ribs. She told herself she was being foolish, but when the three heavy tolls of the harbor bell echoed through the fog, her blood turned to ice. A boat pulled in. A man in a tan trench coat stepped off.

Elara pulled her hand back, gasping. The vision vanished. She was back in the shop, the silence broken only by the ticking of a dozen mismatched clocks.

In the reflection, she wasn't standing in the shop. She was standing on a rain-slicked pier. A bell rang—three slow, heavy tolls—and a man in a tan trench coat stepped off a boat, his face obscured by a brimmed hat. He carried a wooden crate marked with a red wax seal. As he looked up, Elara saw his eyes. They were bright, unnatural violet. PremoniciГіn

: The weight of foresight and the burden of changing a destiny you’ve already seen.

Elara took the crate, its weight surprising her. She hadn't seen the city burn. Not yet. But as her fingers touched the wood, the metallic tang returned, and the sky in her mind began to turn a terrifying, brilliant orange. Story Elements The next afternoon, the rain began

"I've been looking for you," he said, his violet eyes locking onto hers. "You’re the one who saw me coming."

The air in the antique shop always smelled of dust and unfulfilled promises, but today, Elara felt something else: a sharp, metallic tang at the back of her throat. She reached for a tarnished silver mirror, and before her fingers brushed the glass, she saw it. A boat pulled in

He carried a wooden crate. He stopped, adjusting his hat, and looked directly at Elara.