Chest of Time - The Afterworld Chronicles, #3

A Dying Mage. A Wrathful Monster. A Desperate Mission. And a Time-twisting Tale of Love. When her teenage ward goes missing, truehearted Mage Clea Reese must confront a duplicitous fae adversary who steals the Chest of Time - but not before an accident leaves Clea near death. With her life now at stake, Clea's allies must retrieve the Chest before death takes Clea. For if the Key Mage falls, a new Key will arise - one whose brutal ambitions spell a dark end for humankind.
Clea's fierce lover James leads the multifaceted team on a quest that takes them through lands both Magic and Mundane to battle the vengeful fae and the deadly Union. But their greatest enemy? Time itself.