Love Across Time

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ken from his body

t a cold shiver

elerator harder, h

possible? She didn't understand the rules of whatever force connected them across time. Th

ightest chance she could cha

from t

st after noon, the grand brick building towering abov

ontaining relics from the past-Civil War uniforms, rusted b

d to find

ning each display until her eyes landed on a

silver poc

caught in

d. The initials J.W. were engraved in delicate

ed as she read the

ield, 1863. Believed to have belonged

enti

had found it neve

there a way to open it? If she could just get i

ed in tha

rator stood behind her, adjusting hi

been researching Civil War artifacts, and this w

s rusted beyond repair. But it's a remarkable piece of his

stomach

calm. "Is there any way I

handling of artifacts, but..." He eyed her curiou

e tell him the truth? No

settled for

e a personal connect

ws lifted in inte

k he may have been

After a moment of consideration,

a Mark

artifacts that weren't on display. He placed the pocket watc

athed as she r

ol metal, a strange sensation washed over h

d in a sh

's watch. She

ried open the cover. The glass face w

to act

her purse, she pulled o

n the end, she had settled on a simple message-one that, if Ja

not alone. Keep

e note into the inner compartment,

h, she closed the watch an

ou were looking for?

and gave a smal

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at at her desk, the

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did i

silence

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blurred with tea

seen her

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left that

o

um. I slipped the note insid

use.

is should no

ped he

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r paus

han I believe anythi

art po

re words

ary connects us across time, then perhaps it is meant to ch

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ll be w

the first time, she a

ft in

oke with a sense of unease

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es appeared. Th

... some

e clicked on a record

eath c

attle of Chattanooga. Disappeared from military records in De

covered

d esc

searching for more.

ed after 1863,

had s

she grabbed the diary,

me

ted. An

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ad change

was still out there, trying