The Archer's Paradox - The Travis Fletcher Chronicles (37 page)

“Star.” he began but faltered, not knowing how to continue.

She bent and put her forehead against his. “You are not to enter, do you understand?” It was more than a request, it was an order and there was a mental tweak that went with it. Before he could stop her, she turned on her heel, entered the cabin and the door slid shut.

Travis reached out his hand to operate the door to follow her, she needed him and he needed her, but something stopped him. There was a vague uneasiness that something unpleasant would happen if he touched the control. It was undefinable but definite, a bit like waking up and thinking that someone is downstairs, knowing it cannot be true but not being able to pluck up the courage to go and prove it to yourself. He withdrew his hand and tried again and again. No matter what he did, he could not bring himself to open the door that now separated him from his beloved Star.

He was alone, on a five and half mile long spaceship, over ninety light years from home and with no chance of rescue.

To be continued with

The Flight of the Arrow

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Book 1 – The Archer’s Paradox
(
November
2014)

Book 2 – The Flight of the Arrow
(January 2015 – TBC)

Book 3 –
When the Bow Breaks (working title)
(TBC)

Book 4
–
TBD
(TBC)