Painted Love

She tore open a narrow crack in time and space, wagering her life for one reason only: she wanted him, alive and radiant, to live well in this world. Fifteen seconds of transmigration was no more than an almost invisible droplet in the river of time for him, but for her it was a desperate gamble with life and death. If she won, she could reclaim her beloved's life and the love that had become uncertain. If she lost, she would drift beyond time and space forever, truly reduced to ashes without a trace.