Chapter 12


Jason got the job.



The interview with Jack went extremely well. Jack admired Jason’s riding skills and can-do attitude towards being a stablehand and welcomed him on board. Jason was overflowed with gratitude when Jack told him he had the job. The only thing comparable was a band getting a successful record deal. Jason can also keep his beautiful black stallion, Dante at the stable.



Jason had the job of scattering hay across the quarantine pen for problem horses with Mike. Jason walks in where he finds Mike already scattering the hay. Mike waves to him with a friendly smile and the two of them begin to engage in a conversation.

“Jason....you’re wearing a Kiss t-shirt! You like Kiss?”
“Hey Mike! Yeah, I love Kiss! Do you?”
“Kiss is one of my favorite bands! Rock n’ Roll All Nite, Shock Me, I Was Made For Lovin’ You, Detroit Rock City....kickass songs, man!”
“I know, right? What is your favorite member of Kiss?”
“Paul Stanley, man! He’s a great singer, a good guitar player, and a killer frontman! Who’s your favorite member? Is it Paul? or maybe Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley or Peter Criss?”



“Mine’s Eric Carr.”
“The one who died in 1991? He was a great drummer, God rest his soul.”
“God damn right he was a great drummer! He is my absolute favorite member of Kiss and my absolute favorite drummer. I play drums myself and Eric Carr is my musical inspiration.”
“You play drums?”
“Yep! In fact, when I was in high school, I was friends with another Kiss fan and for Halloween, I bought a spandex jumpsuit, a coonskin jacket, a long, black curly wig, and some white, black and orange war paint and I went as Eric Carr! My friend went as Ace Frehley.”
“Pretty cool, man!”




The temperature outside was eighty-nine degrees Fahrenheit. After their conversation about the Hottest Band in the World, to feel more comfortable, Jason takes his shirt off and puts it on the concrete wall, exposing his rock-solid build, perfect six-pack abs, large biceps and broad pectorals.

“Holy sh*t dude....how much have you been working out?! You’re ripped as hell!!”
“You know what the secret is? It’s all the horseback riding I’ve been doing my entire life. Works your core great! Lets see what you got!”



Mike then smiles and takes off his sleeveless shirt to show Jason his well muscular toned upper body.

“Come on Mike; don’t be too hard on yourself. You’re pretty jacked yourself! I mean, your eight-pack abs is sexier than mine!”
“Thanks dude...maybe we should go to the gym sometime...”

While Mike and Jason are talking while shirtless, they are blissfully unaware that they’re attracting an audience...



Marissa Markham and Jennifer Bettencourt, Both of them have their eyes fixated on two very athletic, muscular young gentlemen, completely shirtless in the quarantine pen. Marissa then whispers something to Jennifer very quiet so that no one else can hear.

“Oh....my...Jesus....Jason is so hot....”
“I told you!”
“Holy shit....he’s ten times as ripped as Mike...and he’s like 10X cuter than Mike....”




“Yo, Mike...I think we’re attracting a bit of attention....”
“Hey girls, what’s up?”
“NOTHING!!!! I mean....we’re not...doing anything?”
“Where’s Karilla?”
“Oh...she’s out...she’ll be back here in a few minutes.”



Later that day, Mike and Jason are about to part ways and go home. But before either of them leave, Mike says something to Jason.

“I Love It Loud.”
“What?”
“My favorite Kiss song...I Love It Loud from the Creatures of the Night album.”
“Very good choice, Mine is Firehouse from the first album they put out in ’74, Even though Eric Carr didn’t play on that song.”

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It was now night. 10 o’clock to be exact. The crickets were chirping and the wind caused the wheat field to rustle. The owner of a neighboring horse farm near Jack’s was riding his chestnut gelding back to the stable, where he hears some sort of commotion coming from the stable. He then kicks the horse’s side to make him go faster and rushes back to the stable to investigate what is going on.



The man is horrified to find one of his other horses lying on the floor of the barn, barely alive and the animal has a wound that appears to be bleeding quite badly. It’s evident that something had attacked the horse. The man tries his best to save the horse’s life, but it’s no use. The animal passes away in the man’s arms.

“NO!!!!!”



The man, seething with rage after what happened, hears hoof beats coming from outside. He sees the shadow of what appears to be a heavily-built black stallion. He doesn’t want to believe it, but it appears that there is a killer wild horse on the loose. He decides that tomorrow, he should warn his friend, Jack Silver about what happened.