Chapter 8: The Convergence Protocol
Sarah placed her hands on the temporal memory extractor, feeling the quantum field respond to her touch like a living thing. The device hummed with increasing intensity, and she could sense the consciousness of every person who had ever been touched by temporal research—her father's scientific curiosity, Marcus's grandfather's protective instincts, Julian Cross's brilliant madness, and her own desperate need to solve the unsolvable.
"Initiating convergence protocol," she announced, her voice carrying harmonics that resonated across multiple timelines. "Everyone who's willing to become part of the buffer consciousness, step forward."
Dr. Cross was the first to approach, his aged hands trembling as he placed them alongside Sarah's on the quantum machine
