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    The Jock
    The Jock
    The Jock
    Ebook61 pages52 minutes

    The Jock

    By Blak Rayne

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    ‘Time is evanescent. Memories are forever.’

    Stuck in a traffic jam on the highway, in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, Adrian Greene has more on his fevered mind than praying for rain and getting home. With little else to do, his thoughts stray to a better time in his life—his youth and an adventurous three years spent with his first boyfriend. If there’s one thing he longs for, it’s a chance to relive it all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlak Rayne
    Release dateOct 22, 2014
    ISBN9780988128439
    The Jock
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    Blak Rayne

    A good friend, who is also an author, happened to mention that she likes to read author bios, and when she checked mine, sadly, she was disappointed. The bio I use is generic, blah, and it doesn't tell her anything personal about Blak Rayne. Her suggestion. Change it! What she really meant to say: "I want to read the juicy bits, lady!" Okay, the truth. My life is crazy hectic most days as I divide my time between family, friends, writing and marketing, while running our businesses and household. I spend an average of eight to twelve hours a day on the computer. Some of my favourite things are: cats, tea, anything in purple, yaoi, dragons, watching anime and movies, and listening to my large collection of music. I will read just about anything, but my preferred genres are fantasy, thriller, romance and science-fiction. I'm a member of the RWA & RWA-GVC, I attend conferences and writing groups whenever time permits, and I've taken several creative writing courses. In my spare time I build websites and proof-read for other authors. I also format eBooks, and I'm learning to create book covers. In the near future, I hope to take an editing course. Currently, I reside in British Columbia, Canada with my husband, our daughter and son. Out eldest passed away, so he's with us in spirit. What else can I tell you? Lots of things, but the most important tidbit, I'm passionate about my writing and plan to continue publishing. How many novels? Who knows, I guess until the ideas run dry.

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      The Jock - Blak Rayne

      The Jock

      Blak Rayne

      ~~~

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      Thank you for purchasing this title from Blak Rayne Publications Ltd. By purchasing an authorized edition of this book, you have provided support, as well as demonstrated an appreciation of the author’s rights.

      The Jock is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental.

      The Jock

      2014 Published by Blak Rayne Publications Ltd. at Smashwords.

      Written for Yellow Silk Dreams.

      Blak Rayne Books Website

      Copyright © 2013, 2014 Blak Rayne.

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      Electronic Format ISBN: 978-0-9881284-3-9

      Text Design by: Blak Rayne Publications Ltd.

      Cover Design by: Hotdamndesigns.com

      Editor: WizardsInPublishing.com

      By Blak Rayne

      Benevolence Series:

      Master of Illusion Book 1

      Master of Destruction Book 2

      Master of Salvation Book 3

      The Ideal Side of Love

      The Ideal Side of Life

      Older the Better

      Dedication

      Jacqueline George, author and friend, thanks for the invitation!

      Table of Contents

      1. Soccer God

      2. The Letter

      3. First Kiss

      4. Virginity Lost

      5. Thanks for the Memories

      About the Author

      Chapter One

      Soccer God

      The air was stifling. The pavement and anything metallic caressed by the sun rippled in heat waves. So far, the summer had been brutal. The worst in a decade, with no end in sight, according to local forecasts. The Fraser Valley had gone an entire month, from Vancouver to the agricultural landscape of Chilliwack, without a drop of rain. Lawns were quilted in patches of dead grass. Every tree had brown-tipped leaves.

      As for where I sat, the black leather seats, black dash, and black paint added to the sauna inside my Jetta. The air conditioning felt good on my face and upper torso, but did little to stop the odd trickle of perspiration from sliding down my spine. I didn’t dare open the sunroof for fear the outside hot air would get in.

      Traffic moved at a crawl. The lights changed and a dozen vehicles made it through the intersection, but less than a minute later the green switched to red. Stop and start, that’s all I did for over an hour as the highway appeared in the distance, the forever-elusive carrot dangling in front of my face. The highway meant freedom, a break from the clusterfuck I was fighting and a chance to go home.

      I’d been away for several days on a business trip to Seattle, Washington. My job is to negotiate the export of raw goods to furniture manufacturing plants; to put contracts in place that will bring both sides a profit. Once I’d convinced the CEO to sign, we had dinner followed by a taxi ride to SeaTac Airport and then home. Vancouver International had never looked so inviting; sleeping in a strange bed, not my thing.

      I hooked my fingers around the bottom of the steering wheel and inched the Jetta forward, then stopped, the breaks exhaling a screech. The radio started to play a string of memorable tunes from the eighties, and I adjusted the

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