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тАЬTime-touring. Have you ever?тАЭ
She blinked, tried to force her brain to function again. тАЬNo. But . . . Carl
and I, we were going to go . . . through TT-86, to London. Got the tickets and
everything, used false ID to buy them, to keep it a secret . . .тАЭ
The taxi that Armstrong had taken from its driver slewed around another
corner, merged with traffic on Broadway, slowed to a decorous pace.
тАЬKid,тАЭ the detective said softly, тАЬthose tickets might just save your life.
Because the only by-God way out of this city now is through TT-86.тАЭ


Other Books in the Time Scout Series:

Time Scout
Wagers of Sin
Ripping Time
The House That Jack Built (forthcoming)

Baen Books by Linda Evans:

Far Edge of Darkness
Bolos: The Triumphant
(by David Weber & Linda Evans)


Chapter One
She hadnтАЩt come to Shangri-La Station for the usual reasons.
A slight and frightened young woman, Jenna had lost the lean and supple
dancerтАЩs grace which had been hers . . . God, was it only three days ago? It
seemed a year, at least, for every one of those days, a whole lifetime since
the phone call had come.
тАЬJenna Nicole,тАЭ her auntтАЩs voice had startled her, since Aunt Cassie hadnтАЩt
called in months, not since before Jenna had joined the Temple, тАЬI want to see
you, dear. This evening.тАЭ
The commanding tone and the use of her full name, as much as the unexpected
timing, threw her off stride. тАЬThis evening? Are you serious? Where are you?тАЭ
JennaтАЩs favorite aunt, her motherтАЩs only sister, didnтАЩt live anywhere near New
York, only appeared in the City for film shoots and publicity appearances.
тАЬIтАЩm in town, of course,тАЭ Cassie TyrolтАЩs famous voice came through the line,
faintly exasperated. тАЬI flew in an hour ago. Whatever youтАЩve got on your
calendar, cancel it. Dinner, class, Temple services, anything. Be at LuigiтАЩs
at six. And Jenna, darling, donтАЩt bring your roommate. This is business,
family business, understand? YouтАЩre in deep trouble, my girl.тАЭ
JennaтАЩs stomach clenched into knots. Oh, my God. SheтАЩs found out! Aloud, she
managed to say, тАЬLuigiтАЩs at six, okay, IтАЩll be there.тАЭ Only a lifetimeтАЩs worth
of acting experience and the raw talent sheтАЩd inherited from the same family
that had produced the legendary Jocasta тАЬCassieтАЭ Tyrol got that simple
sentence out without her voice shaking. SheтАЩs found out, whatтАЩll she say,
whatтАЩll she do, oh my God, what if sheтАЩs told Daddy? She wouldnтАЩt tell him,
would she? JennaтАЩs aunt hated her father, almost as much as Jenna did.
Hand shaking, Jenna hung up the phone and found Carl staring at her, dark