“Dark Love”
Chapter 5


As the months, past into the sixth year with all of us together, growing every day closer as a family and friends and the love Brad and I shared growing even stronger between us. I found the guys attitudes changing as the last couple days past. They seemed more tense and not wanting to be outside of the house, not even out around the house on the property. They seem to have locked themselves inside in fear of being found.

After a long day of working with the new colt we had I walked into the house to find the guys sitting around the living room talking. I heard Brad exclaiming to the others as he says to them.

“Uncle has awoken and in the last few days I have felt his presents in the area.”

“But that does not mean he is close to us or even knows where to find us Brad.” Kevin says.

“It will only be a matter of time until he finds us.” Brad replies.

“So what are we going to do Brad?” Charlie asks him.

Brad paces the floor as he looks out the window he sighs as he replies in a displeased tone, “We need to get as far away from Shelly and the area as we can.”

“WHAT?!” Kevin yells.

“But Brad, Shelly is our friend…” Darren exclaims being cut off by Darryl as he exclaims,

“OUR FAMILY…”

“We cannot just up a run off and leave her… not now.” Doug says.

“I am not leaving Shelly she is like a mother to me since we left home and I lost my real mother. I will not leave her! You cannot make me leave Shelly!” Charlie yells.

Brad turns looking at Charlie as he walks quickly toward him Brad grabs Charlie by his shoulders and slightly shakes him as he exclaims, “If you stay here with Shelly he will find you, and when he does he will kill Shelly right along with you. Do you want that for Shelly… Do you want him to kill her… She has nothing to do with this… Shelly dose not deserve to die because of our plight.”

“But you all are my family now and I will stand by your side through thick and thin that is what family does for one another.” Shelly says walking from around the corner into the living room with them.

Charlie breaks free from Brad’s hold as he runs to Shelly’s side wrapping his arms around her waist he cries into her chest as Shelly caresses his hair looking down on him, she hears him saying through sobs, “Brad wants us to leave Shelly tell him he is wrong and we can stay here with you. I do not want to leave you…”

Shelly looks up at Brad as he walks toward her and Charlie, he sighs placing his hand on Charlie’s back as he looks into Shelly’s eyes he says,

“I do not want to leave either Little Charlie, but it is the safest thing for Shelly.”

“You do not have to leave Brad.” Shelly tells him as tears now starts to form in Shelly’s eyes.

Brad reaches up touching Shelly’s cheek as he says, “Yes we do Shelly you cannot defend yourself like we can if my Uncle comes after you. You will be defenseless in his clutches.”

“But Shelly will have us to protect her.” Doug says.

Brad turns looking at his brother as he says, “We will not always be with Shelly for you to say that. You never know when he will strike and if we are not there at that moment he will either kill her or turn her.” Brad looks at the others that were thinking the same thing as Doug as he asks,

“Is that what you guys want… Do you want Shelly dead or to live a life in darkness?”

They all shake their heads, as they look on at Brad a few of them crying from the thought of leaving the only other family they have known since they left their homeland many years ago.

“This is Bullshit… Shelly has treated us better then any one person out there in this God for saken’ planet, she took us in as if we were her own and this is how we repay her after 6 years of living with her.” Kevin yells.

Brad turns looking at Kevin as he says, “It is the best thing to do.”

“No… No I will not believe that there has to be another way… There has to be and still keep Shelly safe from your Uncle.” Kevin replies.

“Do you not think I have tried to think of every possible way to get around us leaving… Do you think I want to leave Shelly; I love her with all my heart. That is the last thing I want to do, but I do not want to see Shelly get harmed in anyway over this, this is not her fight.” Brad exclaims.

“But it is my fight if your Uncle is trying to harm you as well. I love you all very much you are the only family I have now and I do not want to lose any of you.” Shelly tells Brad.

Bard looks back at Shelly as she continues in saying, “Little Charlie was 8 when I found you all, he is now 14. I have stayed up many a sleepless night with him when he was sick…” Shelly looks down on Charlie as he is still holding on to her as if she was going to run away, Shelly smiles at him as he looks up at her, “Like a mother would with her child.”

Shelly looks at all the others standing around as she says, “I stood by Doug, Darryl and Darren when they were being blamed for breaking into the livery their first year here.” Shelly looks at Kevin and smiles as she says, “And you… some of the nights we spent up talking about your girlfriends and the trouble you thought you got yourself into with a few of them.” Shelly chuckles shaking her head, “And still you have not learned a thing about women in the six years. You will forever be my favorite pervert.”

Shelly looks at Brad as a tear rolls down her cheek she says, “Brad I love you with everything I am and will ever be. I took you into my heart and gave you everything my love had to offer you. I am part of you as you are part of me and this fight you now face, is just as much as my fight as it is yours. I cannot stop you, if leaving is what you truly want to do. However, know if you stay here with me, I will fight with everything I have to keep you alive and safe with me. I do this only because I love you all very dearly and always will.”

The room fell silent as Charlie looks up at Brad saying, “Please Brad I do not want to leave Shelly.”

“We can teach her how to fight off your Uncle so she will be safe if he approaches her just in case one of us are not with her.” Kevin replies.

“Yeah, it will give us a chance to get to her to help her out.” Doug says.

“One of us is always with her anyway. It has just been the last few days we have been hiding out again and she has been alone.” Darryl says.

“She will be safe with one of us being with her.” Darren replies.

Brad looks around the room at the pleading faces to stay where they are and not run away again, as he hears Shelly say,

“Maybe we can get lucky and talk to your Uncle about this without any casualties to anyone. I mean after all he cannot blame you guys for what happen. You were children back then.”

Brad shakes his head looking at Shelly he says, “I hope you are right Shelly. I hope he does not blame us for what happen after all it was his son that caused all this.”

“All we can do is try…” Kevin replies.

“Yes, that is all we can do is try.” Brad says. Silence filled the room once more.

“Fine we will stay here…” Brad says, the room filled with cheer and smiles cutting Brad off as he exclaims, “But… BUT… HEY listen to me…” Everyone quieted down and looked at Brad as he replies, “Thank you… Shelly is not to be left alone with Little Charlie. She is to be with one of us at all times. Little Charlie cannot fight off my Uncle by himself. We will teach Shelly how to defend herself against him so it will buy us time to get to her. If my Uncle shows himself to any of you… You fight him off and come to the rest of us, as a group we can defeat him better then one on one. Remember he is over 800 years old and very strong. He has powers none of us could even fathom.”

Brad turns looking at Shelly as he says in dire concern, “Do not and I repeat to you, DO NOT look in his eyes what ever you do. You do not make eye contact with him or you will be at his mercy.” Shelly nods in understanding to what Brad said as she gives little Charlie a big hug and the room once more fills with smiles and cheer.


After dinner, Brad and Shelly were sitting in the dining room talking about what went on and the day with the new colt.

Just then, Kevin walks in joining them as he sits in the chair across from Brad.

“So what are you going to do with the new Stallion you got in last week? Are him and Stud Man still going at it?” Kevin asks.

Shelly looks at Kevin chuckling as she says, “Yeah, Dark Knight and Beauty are still going at it even across the fence. Beauty is not happy with him being here.”

“Well can you blame him? He has been the Stud Master for over 5 years none of the other stallions would dare face him, if he wanted their girlfriend he got it no questions ask and now you bring in this new guy and Stud Man is pissed. The little shit thinks he can move in on his women.” Kevin says.

“Kinda reminds me of someone…” Brad says looking at Kevin and then Shelly, “Wouldn’t you say Shelly?”

Shelly chuckles looking at Kevin as she says, “Brad I have no idea who you could be referring to.”

Kevin sits back in his chair as he exclaims, “Hey… I am not that bad!”

Shelly laughs as she goes back to the paper work in front of her, “Brad I saw an order here from the Pinkertens. When did they call to have their Mare bred?”

“Last week I think it was.” Kevin replies.

“Did you talk to them?” Shelly says looking at Kevin.

“Yeah, why do you ask?” Kevin asks her.

“Mister Pinkerten’s mother pasted away last week and they still have not returned from the trip. I was wondering if he called before they found out or while they were gone, but that would be odd for him to call in a time like that.” Shelly replies with a questioning look on her face.

“What is the date on the invoice Shelly?” Brad asks her.

“There is not a date on it.” Shelly says handing Brad the invoice.

Brad looks at the invoice then looks up at Kevin asking, “When did they call?”

Kevin sat there thinking back as he says, “Last Thursday I am pretty sure I did not write down the date because they usually drop off their Mare the next day.” Kevin shakes his finger at Shelly, “It was the day you had to going into town for feed.” Kevin looks at Shelly.

“The date is an important thing Kevin it is a first come first serve deal here you…” Brad says.

“They left Tuesday.” Shelly says cutting Brad off.

“What was that Shelly?” Brad says.

“The Pinkertens left Tuesday morning. They found out Joes mother past away Monday after noon and they left the next morning.” Shelly repeated to them.

The Brad and Kevin sat there looking at Shelly and then one another as silence filled the room.



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