prologue. 

In the year two thousand fifteen science had advanced beyond what was once thought possible. Futuristic television programs and movies of yesteryear, which portrayed advanced aircrafts, the ability to time travel, and the chance to stay forever young were slowly becoming a reality. Dr. Meier, a prominent figure in the field of advanced sciences and technology had developed a small, timer like, chip that went under the skin of the wrist but was still visible to the human eye. This 'genetic clock', as the doctor named it, served to help a person find their other half in the world, their soulmate.

That breakthrough in science was immediately used in newborns in Deutschland, and later the rest of the world. When a child was born anywhere in the world, they had the clock installed into their wrist. The clock would then immediately blink and show how much time will pass before the person finds their soulmate. That is when the countdown will begin and when the clock reaches zero, a beeping sound will be heard and that person will have found the one they will share the rest of their lives with. This allowed a human to be able to focus on more important things without having to worry about their 'love lives'.

For people born before the genetic clock period, there were other procedures to be followed. Once the government passed a universal law that every being on the planet required a genetic clock, every person headed to their nearest hospital and got one put in.

Though it was a mandatory procedure, there were those who believed science could not accurately predict who one would fall in love with. Those people chose to ignore the countdown they had been forced to put on their wrist.

Agueda Schmidt was one of those people. She wasn't going to let science tell her who to love. She thought matters of the heart were something one should leave up to a higher being.

But one thing did make her curious.

As her twenty first birthday approached, she saw the timer on her wrist slowly reaching zero.

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some futuristic shit going on. but don't worry, everything else in this reality is completely the same except for the fact that everyone is forced to wear a timer on their wrist. and that timer will help them find their soul mate or true love. i thought it was an interesting concept to play around with. and my main character's name is spelled 'agueda', but its pronounced 'agatha'. i had a friend in high school, whose sister was named that, and she told me it was pronounced like agatha. so i leave it up to her. haha.

anyway, thank you for reading and supporting. later i'm gonna go back and put the stories i havent updated in a year or more in drafts so i wont have so much stuff crowding up my account.

i love youu.

-clary xx