Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #16 July 2015 | Page 67

ing most of the day outside. They managed to catch in particular. They kept it to themselves.
a few things, dropped some off to her parents before
Angwenth had been working on her anger issues
bring the rest home. Grey had stayed home most of the
with Grey, though it wasn’t coming along very well.
day, choosing the less dirty of the two options.
Half the time she got mad of trying not to get mad, forcShe had moved in a few months ago, after ing herself to go calm down elsewhere. Grey was still
spending more time there then her own home. There beating off women with a stick, but true to his word,
was never a question as to whose house would be cho- he never wavered in his faithfulness to Angwenth. A
sen when they decided to move in together. Grey’s few of the women backed off when Angwenth began to
house had so much history and was much better built growl at them. They thought she was crazy. She didn’t
than her own. Angwenth’s parents were thrilled, still mind though, and Grey always got a chuckle out of it.
counting down the days until grandchildren, despite
Angwenth and Grey had talked about taken
Angwenth’s reminder that she wanted to wait to have
things the next step, but for now Angwenth threatened
kids.
that if he ever tried to embarrass her she would kick
The forest had calmed down a lot in the last his ass. He believed her, and kept his promise that if
few months. There was never any mention outside of and when he proposed, it would be somewhere private.
her parent’s home about the dog fights, or the men in Mrs. Longbriar would stop by and drop not so subtle
the forest. Lost pets found their way home, after only hints as to where the perfect place would be, but the
a few days of the incident, leaving many adults con- smirk on his face gave away that Grey already knew
fused and children happy. Occasionally she heard ru- where he would propose to her.
mours of someone finding bones or a burned corpse in
The place they had shared their first kiss. Their
the woods, though it was never linked back to anyone
first hint of romance. Their home away from home.

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