A Taboo Trek of Temporal Agents

By Sherry Stone

Professor Connie Gates enlists the aid of one of the college janitors, Paige, to journey back in time to rescue one of Professor Gates' colleagues, Professor Lita Carson, trapped in time in the 1st century AD. The Trip is not a direct path to their destination. They must travel in blocks of time due to the parameters of time travel, and the unique biofuel the machine requires. Things looked bleak if their first stop was a premonition of the entire trip.

Trying to get to 18th century Russia the duo misses the mark by a year and a thousand miles. Landing in the southern Balkan peninsula and encounter a lost tribe of Amazons, with rituals and customs that cause the time travelers more than a twenty-four hour very erotic delay. The delay nearly costs them their lives before they narrowly escape capture and charge back to mid-1st century Britain. The time machine's erratic behavior allowed the temporal travelers to skip at least three stops to reach their destination sooner than expected.

Once the women have landed, they are met by a mysterious figure dressed in a hooded gray robe. Uncertain of her intentions, Connie and Paige chase her away, only to find themselves captured by the queen of the Iceni tribes. The most ferocious of the Celtic tribes, who also happens to be their lost colleague, Lita Carson. They find their friend from the 21st century unwilling to return with them and even sentence them both to death the next morning. Things look bleak for Connie and Paige, captured by the Celts and miles from their time machine will they be able to change Lita's mind or possibly escape, as time is running out?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tenth Muse
• Release date: Apr 23, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224379552

Sherry Stone

Sherry Stone is the pen name of a thirty-seven-year-old single mother of two teenaged boys. A former college instructor and medical consultant. She has now begun to devote her time to writing. Science fiction and Romance are her passions, and she loves to spice her stories with some steamy erotica, just to give her work a punch other writers lack. Born in Birmingham AL she is an avid Crimson Tide Football fan. She currently lives just outside Cincinnati, OH

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A Taboo Trek of Temporal Agents

Copyright 2024 Sherry Stone

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

About Sherry Stone

Other books by Sherry Stone

Connect with Sherry Stone

Acknowledgment

Mrs. Stapleton

Chapter One

Paige Wise crept into the dimly lit laboratory of Quantum Theoretical Investigations and, after checking to make sure no one was around, cautiously lifted an instrument from the far counter.

Digital probe? she thought, as she tried to read the label in the dimness. Who the hell are they probing with this thing?

A flash of light startled her and she dropped the fragile instrument, wincing as it smashed on the hard floor.

Peeking through the window behind her into the dark chamber where the flash had come from, Paige was surprised to see an old wooden wagon in the room. There was a dark shape bundled on the floor of the cart, and she took a step backward when she realized it was a woman.

Hey, security? she whispered into the phone. Yeah, it's me, Paige. I'm up in the fifth floor lab, some homeless woman has snuck in here.

Suddenly, the phone was snatched out of her hand and she saw the stranger towering over her. She was dressed in filthy, brown rags and her dark hair and face were dirty and unkempt.

Security? she said into the phone. This is Professor Connie Gates. False alarm, the janitor didn't recognize me in the dark.

As she hung up the phone, Paige stared at her in disbelief -- she was Professor Gates! But no wonder she hadn't recognized her. When she'd seen her talking in her office with two women half an hour earlier, she'd been wearing perfect makeup and wearing a black skirt and white silk blouse.

She peered closer, knowing it had to be a fake hair but amazed at how real it looked. And then she stepped on a piece of glass and noticed the shattered instrument by her foot.

I...umm...accidentally broke your probe, she said.

The professor picked it up. It's a digital strobe, not a probe.

Well, whatever it is, I just picked it up and --

It doesn't matter, the professor said.

It matters to me, and I'm going to pay --

I don't care about the strobe! the professor shouted and slammed the broken device down on the counter.

Paige stepped back, startled by her violent outburst.

She turned to look at her, and she could see the despair in her eyes. I'm sorry, she whispered, I shouldn't have done that.

It's okay, Paige said, slowly backing away. I should be getting back to work anyways. I'll, uh, just lock the door on my way out.

The professor watched as she turned to leave, but as she walked away an idea flickered in her head, turning the shadows of despair into a glimmer of hope.

Wait! she cried. You've got to help me.

Paige turned around and pointed a finger at her chest. Me?

She hurried toward her, and Paige backed away when she got too near.

She stopped and held up her hands to reassure her. She knew