Time Immortal: Maximus by Carolyn Davidson Hicks

of me in his book since no photos existed of her. The author was also a historian…” She paused for a moment. “Time travelers live many lives. You lived that life briefly during the Civil War. Don’t you realize you could time jump tonight, live out an entire life, and be back here before morning in the present time?” Paige replied. “Well, Paige, if that is your name, I don’t think I would be interested in your time jumping escapades. Sounds a bit reckless to me. Oh, and by the way, you don’t look like a Paige to me,” Axel said. “Axel, why are you so damned reluctant to remember who you are? Why fight it? It’s your destiny,” Paige questioned . “Look, all I remember is that I was in the hospital years ago. I didn’t know who I was; they had to tell me based on a small piece of paper found in my pocket. I had no memory of my former life and still don’t.” Once again, he thought long and hard about who he was and where he had been before continuing. “When I was released, I had no family or friends. No one. I’ve had dozens of jobs to try to support myself. I have moved from town to town, and when I got here, I felt compelled to go to this old library and check out a book. Did you have anything to do with that?” he asked. “Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. It took half a dozen time travelers to get you to where you are today in this small town. We knew it would be a short distance from your apartment to this library, and this was the first time in years we felt we could pull you back t