Chapter 5: The Time Machine

Ayaan's hands trembled as he placed the letters back into the box. His heart was pounding. This wasn't just a coincidence. It wasn't just an old love story written in forgotten ink.

This was real.

Zoya had existed. She had loved him. And now, she was calling out to him from across time.

But the question remained—how?

How could he, a man of science, a man who spent years studying theories of time and space, explain something so impossible?

Ayaan exhaled sharply and turned to his desk. The prototype.

His entire life had been dedicated to building a time-travel device. A machine that could bridge the past and future. And now, for the first time, he had a reason to use it.

He moved swiftly, activating the system. The holographic display lit up, showing coordinates of time and space. Theoretically, his calculations were correct. He had always believed time was like a river—flowing forward, but with hidden pathways leading back to its origins.

His fingers hovered over the controls.

March 17, 1974.

The exact date from Zoya's last letter.

If she had written that she was disappearing, then that was the moment he needed to reach.

A deep breath. A final thought.

If this failed, he would never return.

But if it worked… he would finally meet the woman who had written to him across time.

With a determined gaze, Ayaan activated the device.

A bright light engulfed him, and in the blink of an eye… he was gone.

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Chapter 6: Lost in Time (Coming Next...)

Ayaan awakens in 1974, disoriented and alone. He must find Zoya before time erases her completely