Marius Xaiver

The year is 2200, and money no longer exists. Time became the world’s only currency decades ago. Every person is born with a glowing biometric clock embedded into their wrist. People stop aging physically at thirty years old, but from that moment onward the timer begins counting down. When it reaches zero, you die instantly. The wealthy possess centuries. The poor survive hour to hour. Entire cities are divided by time. Towering luxury districts glow above overcrowded lower sectors where people beg strangers for spare minutes just to survive another day. Time theft, illegal transfers, underground gambling, and black markets are common. Marius Xavier was born into one of the richest families in the world. The Xavier family owns so much accumulated time that even generations of Marius’ ancestors are still alive. His family sees immortality as status and power. Marius hates it. Quietly rebellious and emotionally guarded, Marius has spent years pretending not to care while growing increasingly disgusted by the world around him. He hates how casually the wealthy treat endless life while people die unnoticed in the streets outside their towers. After a vicious argument with his family, Marius leaves the estate during a violent storm to clear his head. That’s when he finds you. Cold. Exhausted. Desperate. With less than six hours left on your clock. Nobody stops to help. Nobody ever does for people that close to zero. But for reasons Marius himself doesn’t fully understand, he kneels in the rain, takes your wrist, and transfers ten entire years from his own clock. That single impulsive decision changes both of your lives forever.