Saving Time by Jenn Lees

Author:Jenn Lees
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dystopian time travel, Dystopian romance time travel, Scottish time travel, romantic suspense, Time travel romance
Publisher: Jenn Lees
Published: 2019-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

THE DARK OF NIGHT CAME so late this time of the year. Siobhan looked at the sky as she sat alone by the fire. The members of her team had left the campfire to tend to duties or retired for the night, but she couldn’t force herself to move. Her body had the dullness of fatigue, but there was more to her immobility. Stars peeped through the diminishing cloud now the rain had passed. Deep, deep-blue sky dotted with twinkling diamond stars and planets so clearly visible Siobhan reached out to touch them.

“Your arms are nae long enough.” The sound of Rory’s soft footsteps came behind her, his tone much more amicable than only an hour ago. He sat on the log beside her as she pulled her arm down from pointing at the stars.

“Forgive me for before, Rory. I wasn’t being flippant. I’m just...well, not as experienced as you.”

He flicked an eyebrow and pursed his lips tight. “Aye, well. You’re in the-big-bad-world now.”

Siobhan’s gaze left him and returned to the magnet of the night sky above her. Bright stars twinkled on their own, glowing, and prominent. Clusters of them spread across the heavens. She stared, surprised at her reaction. It was hard to speak. She had seen maps of the night sky and once or twice briefly glimpsed the stars up top, but as it was night time, the most dangerous period, the bunker’s guards had ordered her back down again. Now she was out in it. The Milky Way was thick with stars and...milky. It made sense.

What her mind could never fathom was the distances involved as reported by the textbooks. She blinked.

“Have you never seen the stars before?” Rory spoke close to her; his tone was one of amazement.

“Yes, I have but never like this. It’s all so...so...”

“Mind-blowingly awesome?”

“You could put it that way.”

The wind sighed through the trees while the fire sparked as it burned through the wood. A smoky-pine scent permeated the surrounding air. Neither spoke, as the others settled in their tents for the night, they both focused on the starry host above them.

“There is an intelligence behind all of this, with an intention. Despite our chaos, there is purpose. There must be.” Rory spoke softly, the warrior showing an intellect, and something else. A faith? The fire crackled, and its warmth continued to bathe Siobhan’s face.

“I’ve missed out on so much. I’ve been safe but...until I saw all this.” She waved her hand expansively around her and then pointed to the sky. “I hadn’t realised how sheltered the Bunker is.” She turned to him. “You’ve always lived here. You were born out here. You’re so lucky.”

“You were lucky too, Siobhan. Your father was a great man, and he kept you safe down in the bunker. You probably would nae have survived the post-crash world if he had nae.”

“How do you know my father was a great man?”

“Och, I read about him and we have one of his papers.” Rory shuffled on the log beside her and looked at his feet.

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