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THE SECOND SHE KEPT

With a stolen record slipping away, Zaira must decide whether one second is better spent on revenge or rescue.

By Hubert Bradley · Sci-fi · 10 story pages · 13 total pages including covers and credits

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With a stolen record slipping away, Zaira must decide whether one second is better spent on revenge or rescue.
Front cover
Written by Hubert Bradley. BEUH LEES ANIME COMICS.
Credits
Zaira arrives at the archive as a thief steals a record.
Story page 1 of 10
The archivist identifies the breach’s anchor. Zaira follows the thief through a time-slip.
Story page 2 of 10
Time Snare catches the thief briefly, but he opens another escape.
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The archive collapses. The trail of the thief and the trapped archivist pull her in opposite directions.
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She chooses the archivist. The record can wait.
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She shields him from debris and learns to break the outer loop, not the anchor clock.
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The Conclave taught her to suspend a moment; she chooses to give this one back.
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With the archivist’s help, she enters Chronal Override and redirects her power.
Story page 8 of 10
Echoes of Foretime strikes the fracture to close it. The loop stabilizes without destroying the archive.
Story page 9 of 10
Backup copies survive. They preserve the future by keeping each other safe.
Story page 10 of 10
With a stolen record slipping away, Zaira must decide whether one second is better spent on revenge or rescue.
Back cover