The Traveler's Companion (28 page)

Now there was no reason not to love her. Loving her would protect him. When he and Beth had been together, they seemed to create a sort of bubble only they could inhabit, an unseen force like Newton’s gravity. But in the Zone, he could make it real. With all of the love he felt for her, he could create a bubble impervious to a proton bomb. The rest of the Zone might be destroyed by the blast, a black hole devouring the womb of creation, but this tableau would be indestructible. By making their love manifest, this room, this moment, this Beth would last for an eternity.

“Would you like this to last forever?” he asked her.

She smiled.

THE END

About the author

Christopher John Chater was born in Burbank, California, in 1972. He has lived all over the country, on the east coast, on the west coast, and in the south. He's worked in several industries: a production assistant in the film industry, a song plugger in the music industry, and a bartender and butler in the hospitality industry. He now lives on the island of Coronado and writes full time.

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