Fountane Of (2 page)

It's better this way.
Present the world with the deed accomplished--when it was too late to stop him, or to steal the credit.
Yeah. Much better this way.
Augie popped the pill into his mouth, swallowing it dry.

Almost immediately, the vidphone rang: his mother. Her voice was a mixture of affection and impatience as she squinted at his hand-copied directions and asked him where on earth they'd come from.

"From the future." Augie gave her a cocky grin. "I went Forward, Ma, and I got us a new start." Strong stuff, too. Drowsy? Was that right? What had the kid said?
Had
he said? Painless, that's what Augie remembered.

"Augie, dear...youth pills? From the future? What if the center finds out?"

He laughed. "I
want
them to find out. I want
everyone
to find out. I'll prove to them that ingenuity makes the man, not schooling."

"Then you'd better work on your spelling," she said, looking at the directions and practical to the last. "Because youth is
not
spelled E-U-T-H."

Other Works by Doranna Durgin

FANTASY

Changespell Saga
:

Dun Lady's Jess (Winner, Compton Crook Award)

Changespell

Changespell Legacy

Barrenlands (prequel)

King's Wolf Saga

Touched by Magic

Wolf Justice

Stand-Alone Fantasies

Wolverine's Daughter

Seer's Blood

A Feral Darkness

ROMANCE

Action Romance

Shaken and Stirred (Femme Fatale Novella)

Chameleon (Smokescreen Novella)

Exception to the Rules

Beyond the Rules

Heavy Metal Honey

Survival Instinct

Hidden Steel

Checkmate: Athena Force

Comeback Athena Force 2

Paranormal

Sentinels: Wild Thing

Sentinels: Jaguar Night

Sentinels: Lion Heart

Sentinels: Wolf Hunt

Demon Blade

The Reckoners Series:

The Reckoners

Storm of Reckoning

MYSTERY

Nose for Trouble

Scent of Danger

FRANCHISE BOOKS

Star Trek: Next Generation

Tooth and Claw, #60

Earth: Final Conflict

Heritage

Angel

Impressions

Fearless

Mage Knight

Dark Debts

Ghost Whisperer

Revenge

Ghost Trap

SHORT STORIES

Harvest of Souls

Fool's Gold

A Bitch in Time

The Right Bitch

Bitch Bewitched

Mornglom Dreaming

Bummed out

The Yoke of the Soul

Feef's House

Hair of the Dog

Call from the Wild

Just Hanah

Emerging Legacy

The Scoria

Bitch Bewitched

Fountane Of