3. The Timekeeper's Secret - 3

3. The Timekeeper's Secret - 3

Genre: Historical Adventure
Audience: Young Adults (15–25)

(... Part One and Part Two content ...)

Part Three: Echoes of the Future

Chapter 13: City of Beginnings

The city of Jerusalem was barely finished. Wooden scaffolding clung to stone walls, and builders shouted in Aramaic from high towers. Ethan walked among them in silence. Time had shifted again, and now he was earlier than ever.

He still had both disks. But something was wrong—his memories flickered at the edges, and time felt unstable.

At the temple site, he met a young boy named Ezra, a curious stonemason’s apprentice.

"You’re not from here," Ezra said after just a few minutes.

Ethan smiled. "No. But I think I’m supposed to be."

Chapter 14: The Scroll of Mirrors

While exploring a ruined shrine near the city, Ethan and Ezra discovered a scroll written in ancient Hebrew and Greek. It spoke of a “Mirror of Days,” a third artifact that could restore the time stream—or shatter it.

Talia reappeared, older now—years had passed for her since their last meeting. She had been caught in another time loop.

"The Mirror is hidden in the ruins of Lachish," she said. "But others are looking for it. Dangerous ones."

Chapter 15: The General’s Secret

They learned that one of Alexander’s trusted generals, Cleitos, had turned against him and was seeking the Mirror to rewrite history in Persia’s favor.

"If he uses it," Talia said, "Alexander’s victory might never happen. Judea could fall."

With Ezra’s help, they gathered supplies and headed south toward Lachish.

Along the way, they encountered Roman scouts—not from this time. The timelines were blending. Ethan realized: the disks were losing control.

Chapter 16: Labyrinth of the Ancients

Lachish was silent ruins now, its once-great gates buried in sand. Beneath it, the group discovered a labyrinth.

It tested them: illusions, traps, and memories come to life.

Ethan saw his father, long gone. Talia relived the fire that destroyed her family’s scrolls. Ezra nearly vanished in a mirror-room reflecting endless versions of himself.

At the heart of the maze, they found the Mirror of Days—an obsidian shard shaped like an eye.

Chapter 17: The Choice

Cleitos arrived with mercenaries, demanding the artifacts. A fight erupted. Ezra was injured.

Ethan held the Mirror. Visions flashed: a future ruled by war, or one of peace but with a cost—his own memory.

Talia looked at him. "If you use it right, you can fix the timeline. But you may forget everything."

He hesitated. Then placed the Mirror between the disks.

A burst of light. Then silence.

Chapter 18: Full Circle

Ethan woke in his study at Oxford. Papers were scattered. A message was scrawled in Aramaic on his whiteboard:

“Remember Lachish.”

He had no memory of how it got there. But in his bag was a drawing—a boy, a girl, and a bronze disk. And in the museum, a new artifact was on display.

The Mirror.

His phone rang. Professor Klein’s voice came through. “Ethan, we just uncovered something strange in Jericho. You might want to see this.”

Ethan smiled. Maybe his story wasn’t over yet.

To Be Continued...

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