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    Fall
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    Fall

    By Alex Draven

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    Pet thought he'd slammed the door shut on his past, on his dreams, and on the centaur herd that raised him. Now there's another herd runaway standing on his doorstep; one who won't take no for an answer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlex Draven
    Release dateJun 12, 2010
    ISBN9781452322988
    Fall
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    Alex Draven

    Librarian by day, storyteller by night, Alex Draven writes queer romance, alternative love stories, and erotic tales from the shadows.

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      Fall - Alex Draven

      Fall

      Alex Draven

      Published by Alex Draven at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 Alex Draven

      alexdraven.org.uk

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook.

      This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

      To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California 94105, USA.

      This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form and appropriate attribution is given to the author.

      If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com or to alexdraven.org.uk to discover more works by Alex Draven.

      Thank you for your support.

      (Cover art: original photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrn/480059474/ used under creative commons, with thanks. Sculpture shown is Centauro by Igor Mitoraj, image used under the UK public sculpture exception.)

      Fall

      By Alex Draven

      Fuck off!

      The second centaur didn’t budge.

      For fuck's sake. It was too hot to move, the air heavy and about set to start pissing down with rain, and he'd left his cigarettes inside.

      Nigh on twenty minutes since the knock had rung through the warehouse and he still wasn't quite self-destructive enough to turn his back on a strange stallion standing in his own front drive.

      I said, fuck off. I'm not interested.

      The little bastard just stood there, arms crossed, and one hind leg cocked, the very picture of relaxed patience.

      It was winding him up. Another few minutes of silence and nothing had changed except his mood.

      Oh for fuck's sake. Stand there as long as you like. I've got things to do.

      Pet backed up a couple of paces, shaking his head and whisking his tail, and then snagged the door, pulling it closed.

      Fuck.

      He let out a kick that left the walls of the warehouse ringing.

      Roll on thunder.

      Roll on thunder and air conditioning and Cashman's Royals, and a bottle or six of beer.

      Roll on forgetting and not having ghosts from your fucking past turn up on in the front yard and look at you, like you owed it to them to live up to whatever fucked-up expectations they had.

      The movements between the kitchen benches and the fridge - lighting up, grabbing a beer, kicking the dented door shut again - were an easy ritual. Familiar. The beer and the smoke felt good too. Pet raised an eyebrow and a mock-toast to the ceiling when a crash of thunder rattled the walls again and the heavy drumming of rain started up.

      Three out of four. Not bad.

      *****

      It hadn't

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