The voice outside grew closer.

“ have otis load the horse and make sure the trailer is up to date, that is one hell of a good horse and if it injured because of his trailer i will be pissed, i can’t have my studs coming back hurt.”Kas said” thank you tyson”

Kaspen walk into the barn and smile when he seen fox” Fox let me get the stud breeding contract and i’ll be back to show you around okay babe”

“ yes sir” he said with a smile.

Fox followed kas around to the barn, he was shown the breeder or stud, the left the farm to breed other females, but they would be returned when the said female was carrying, then he was shown the one that would be for sale, then the race horse that he would be racing. Then the pregnant horses. There was only six pregnant horses this year.

Fox was shown how to feed the breeder and wash them. Kas said he would only work in this barn with the breeders and he would have the help from jess. Then he was told that they had a maid to come and clean the inside of the house that all he had to do was cook for his doms.

….

That night After cleaning the barn walkway he started to hear noises from the foaling barn. Walking to the barn the Akhal-Teke was on her side and in pain. He ran to the house where he knew his doms were sitting talking with the ranch hands.

“ Akhal-Teke is in pain.” he panic when he seen Kas.

Kas jump up with tyson and look to the other hand and told him to call Dr.reed.

Fox follow behind his dom as they enter the barn, the Akhal-Teke was breath harder and moving her hoofs, fox whimper and move to pet the horses head softly, he look at his dom and his tear leak from his eyes.

“ should this be easier for her, why is it hurting her” fox ask

“ I don't know baby, the vet will be here shortly.” Kas never had a horse have problems with a birth so why was this one having problems

The skidding of tiers on gravel had kaspen running out of the barn to meet the vet. When Fox spotted cole with the vet he was usher out of the way and ask if he could take cole to meet jess. When he was given the okay he turn and pulled cole from the barn.

“ I was working in the stub barn with jess when i heard her.” he said

“So you have to work to?” cole said

“ only in the stud barn. And cooking dinner” fox said

“ same but i only have to feed the dogs, then cook when we get home. I wonder how rain is doing?” cole said

“ i was wondering that too. Jess? “ fox called out

The light hair girl tilt her head round the horse and look at them.

“ jess, this is my friend Cole, this is jess, her dom works here” fox said

The two said their hellos and the three of us talk about our lives, Cole’s doms said that after a month they would try for a baby.

Why jess was on birthcontorl neither was ready for a baby jess and tyson was only together for a year.

While fox wanted a baby he knew he was not ready for one. He sat by a beautiful American Quarter Horse as it ate it feed, Kaspen and coles dom came walking over kas did not look happy, their was blood on his shirt and it was the same for cole’s dom.

“ Fox i need you to also feed the triples and you can have you pick of them.” Kas said “ the dam did not make it, the pain she was in was because the fourth was twisted up and died, we had to cut her open to save the other three, after she was sew up she died.”

Fox ran into kas and cried, he hated when the animal died, kas told jess to find tyson and they were free to head home and he paid the vet and cole and the dom left. Kas showed fox how to make the bottle for the foals, he had three pop bottle size bottles filled with a Progressive Nutrition's FOALS FIRST formula.

He follow kas to the stud, tyson had move the foal into the stud barn, three small foal stood one was a pretty buckskin a light golden , then a beautiful dappled sooty bay the foal laid in the straw bedding.

Taking a bottle i walk to the foal that stood and start to let it figure out how to work the nipple when it was done, kas handed me another and the second foal started to feed, when the third walk up on shaking legs it feed and muzzled it nose into my hand.

“ i think i found the one i like” i said petting the foal.

“ which one?” he ask smiling

“ this little boy.” the other two where girls

“ think of a name for him then” he said” im taking the bottle to the house come when your done bond with the little guy.”

The name that keep popping in to his head was not good until one Astro Heart, smiling fox close the gate to the sleeping foals and head for the house, kas was watching a tv show on latest horse winners, five time kaspens name was said for five different horses.

“ I'll make dinner anything you want?” fox asked

“ whatever you fix babe”

Smiling he open the fridge to see steaks and pulled them out, turning on the oven fox open it and put them and a cook sheet, sprinkle some season salt and a few other seasoning and put it in the oven, he turn the stove on and boil some potatoes and then some corn before he took the meat out and made their plates and seat the potatoes on the table with the corn. The yummy aroma filled the air and it brought with it two hungry doms.

“ Smells good,” Beowulf said before sitting.

For some reason Beowulf was distancing himself from them.

…

Fox laid in bed confused, why was beowulf doing when he was not at the farm with kas and him, he knew if he act like this something was off.

He let sleep claim him as he turn on his back set the alarm to wake him at seven O’ Clock.

…..

He woken to the alarm and got up the door to his doms where shut but he could tell they where both still asleep so he walk down stair and cook them breakfast before making the bottles for the foals, he had just cap the last one when arms snake around him, turn he meet kas.

“ I made breakfast for ya’ll” he said as he gather the bottles and head for the door. Once outside he could see a truck pulling up to the barn jess pop out with her dom tyson.

“ what that for.” jess ask

“ for the foals, they are in the stud barn. Wanna come and see mine baby” he ask

“ you get to have one?” jess ask

“ yeah” fox said and lead the sub into the barn with him. In the last stall was three small hungry foal.

“ which one is your?” she ask

“ the dapple sooty bay” he said as he lower the bottles to the ground,” want to help feed them?”

“ sure”

They both feed the foals jess walk off after to do her choirs around the barn. Fox was still feeding his little one.”your name is Astro Heart” he said pet the foals head” Astro for short”

After the foal where feed he took the bottles to the house just a woman walk over.

“ who are you?” she ask

“ I live here with my doms” i said as i open the door walking to the sink to rinse the bottles out.

Once done i walk to the barn again and found jess cleaning the stalls she had turn out all the studs in to the pasture beside the barn. Fox grab a shovel shit into the wheelbarrow, fox look at the last stall and clean it out while jess laid the straw to the clean ones, he push the wheelbarrow to the muck dock and dump it into the pit. He huff as jess put the barrow where she found it and he pulled the first stub from the pasture to give a bath.

Mixing the soap into the bucket he sparyed the horse with the gentle setting and use a brush to scrub away the dirt and the horse was down he dry him off anf then lead him into the stall label vanic, shutting him in the stall he walk out to find jess on the second one, they had four more to go. As he collected the third horse jess put the ou she was working on up and he look to the horse called black ash and wash him up too…

….

He had all the choir in the barn done except feeding the foals and he turn to the front of the barn and made his way to the door, once outside he see some of the hired help moving some horse inside the barns, but he turn to the house and made his way to the kitchen where he grab all the bottles and filled them up and the made his way to the barn and the foals where standing by the back wall they where hungry upon seeing the one who bring them their meals.

Astro ate and the bonded a little more before he made his way to the house cleaning the bottle he look at the time, eight on the dot. Washing his hands he started to make dinner, he pulled out pork chops and walk out back on the back porch was a grill he remember in cooking class the teacher teaching the to cook so that is what he did he grilled them turn the when needed then he made his way inside and cook up mac and cheese and bake beans for the side dish and made a pie for dessert. Setting the table he place the chops and the side on the table, right when the door open to kas and beowulf coming in.

They both came to the kitchen and sat at the table after washing their hands, kas thank me and grab his food, beo just grabbing his. Fox felt hurt that beo was being mean to him, he clean away the dishes and went out to the barn after grabbing a hoodie, he decide to check on the little foal, peaking in to see they where sleeping he made his way into the house and took a shower and then went to his room, stopping at the collar display he took his off and turn to go to bed, he waited at the bed before turning to kaspen room the light was on so he knew he was awake“ Kaspen?” he peak around the corner into the open room.

The man in question look up from his phone and to the door.

“ can i sleep with you in here?” he ask

“ yes come on”

Fox ran over to the bed and laid down burying his head into the pillows to stifle his silence cries, he did not know what he done to make beowulf mad at him to teach him like this, it was cold and even he knew it.

Falling asleep, he felt arms around his stomach and he was pulled into kaspens chest. So he let it happen allowing sleep in.