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    A Dash of Neko
    A Dash of Neko
    A Dash of Neko
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    A Dash of Neko

    By Taylor Ryan

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    Kayden experiences many new things now that he's no longer a slave. See snippets of his life in this book containing 13 short stories that occur in the year between Tears of the Neko and its sequel, Blood of the Neko. Join Kayden as he learns to ride, discovers just how far to push the chef, and attends his first wedding.

    This book is a series of short stories based on the characters from Tears of the Neko. It is NOT one long, continuous story. Each chapter is its own short snippet, a glimpse into the lives of the characters from Tears of the Neko. Many of them are humorous and funny, some are more serious.

    This book is best read after Tears of the Neko, as the stories in it are based on the characters introduced there. It is not necessary to read this book before reading the second full length book--Blood of the Neko.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTaylor Ryan
    Release dateMar 20, 2015
    ISBN9781310549908
    A Dash of Neko
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    Taylor Ryan

    Taylor Ryan's works are usually rather angst-ridden. As anyone who has read All In or Tears of the Neko can tell, stories delve into the emotional side of the characters and relationships are built over time. The genre of the story isn't as important to the story as the development of the characters; therefore, stories will fall into just about any genre-- modern, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, shifter, slave-fic, etc.

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      Book preview

      A Dash of Neko - Taylor Ryan

      A Dash of Neko

      (a series of Neko Shorts)

      by

      Taylor Ryan

      Text Copyright @ 2014 Taylor Ryan

      (Craftingmom/Oh2Bwriting)

      All Rights Reserved

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Author Note

      This book is comprised of a series of short, one-shot stories based on my characters from Tears of the Neko--Kayden, Damien, Harrison, Garin, Ysmenia, etc. These short stories occur between the Tears of the Neko book and its sequel, Blood of the Neko. They offer insight into the lives of the characters during the year between the two books.

      These stories are based on writing prompts from Gay Authors.org. Therefore for each story, you will see what the prompt was, either a 'first line' or 'list of words' that were to be used in writing it. The challenge with some of the prompts involving list of words was that the lists often contained a word that wouldn't be used in Kayden and Damien's world, such as sweaters, football, or phone. I hope you enjoy reading these fun snippets.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1--That Damn Tree

      Chapter 2--The Gift

      Chapter 3--Fall Festival Decorating

      Chapter 4--Shopping in Town

      Chapter 5--Meeting Arabella

      Chapter 6--The Lesson

      Chapter 7--Dagger of Ignorance

      Chapter 8--It's just a scratch

      Chapter 9--Slip of the Tongue

      Chapter 10--Stupid Feather Duster

      Chapter 11--The Nuptial Dinner

      Chapter 12--Tower of Confectionary Goodness

      Chapter 13--The Wedding

      About the Author

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      Chapter 1--That Damn Tree

      (Prompt First Line: Oh, crap, here we go again.)

      Oh, crap, here we go again, he mumbled as he looked up into the tree.

      The slave master frowned up at the small figure perched high on the limb in the one tree that graced the slave yard: the one the young neko had scurried up when he'd first been brought here after being frightened by shotgun blasts. And now he was there again.

      Kayden! Get down here! Ellis shouted.

      Jacob laughed at the other neko calling up to the scared kit.

      We're supposed to be going to meet Master Damien in the stables.

      The brown-eared neko looked over at the slave master with an annoyed frown as the man laughed at him.

      Good luck getting him down, Ellis, Jacob chuckled.

      What the hell caused him to run up the tree like that? Ellis asked, his sable brown tail swishing in annoyance.

      Arnett shrugged. I don't know. Last time he did that it was when Damien was shooting skeet. He looked around but didn't see anything that would cause the young neko slave to be so scared. There were no loud noises, not even the chopping of wood. He swung his arms wide, gesturing with the coiled whip he had been taking to the stables to get oil to condition it with. There's nothing here for the kit to be afraid of. No one's after him, there's no loud noises...

      Ellis stared up at the young neko who had stolen his master's heart. The poor thing had been so abused and scared when he'd first arrived, but he had been settling in lately. He'd even started speaking to someone besides Damien.

      He could see that Kayden was staring down at him intently, but the slight shaking in his lean legs and the sleek black tail tucked tightly into his body betrayed the kit's fear.

      Ellis frowned, his hands raising to his hips as both he and the slave master pondered what had startled the young thing up the tree this time.

      Kayden, come on, there's nothing down here to be afraid of, Ellis urged.

      Come on, kit, Arnett called as well, waving the hand holding the coiled leather placatingly. You're safe. Nothing's going to hurt you.

      Ellis's keen cat eyes noticed the flinch of the black-eared neko even as high as he was in the tree. What could have--

      Oh, shit. The whip. The young neko had raced up the tree as Arnett had walked out of the slave den with his leather whip.

      Sir, your whip, Ellis nudged the older man.

      What about it? Jacob looked at the length of braided leather. I'm heading to the stables to get oil to condition it.

      Ellis cast one last glance up the tree. He's afraid of the whip.

      Arnett stiffened as the house neko's words sunk in. Fuck. Of course, Kayden would be terrified of the whip, especially after what Roman had done to him. The damn Marquis had nearly stripped the flesh off the poor neko's back in his hate for his brother, Damien, and his lust for the throne. Even though, Roman was no longer around to harm the young neko, seeing the whip that had wrought so much pain must have triggered panic in the boy.

      Arnett quickly slipped the braided leather behind him, out of sight of the bright green eyes staring down at him from the tree.

      Hey, kit, it's okay, he called gently. I'm going to go put this away, and you can come down for Ellis, okay?

      He watched as Kayden tilted his head, his black ears pricking forward. As Jacob stepped backwards, keeping the whip out of sight, he could see the tension in the neko's lean limbs slowly loosen.

      As he turned back into the slave den to wait until Damien's young neko lover came down from the tree, he could hear the rustle of leaves in the tree. He sighed in relief as he realized that the boy was climbing down, probably leaping down in death-defying jumps that would scare the crap out of Damien if he were around. Of course, if Damien were around, Jacob figured he'd be getting an earful for scaring the kit in the first place.

      He shook his head as he watched the boy land gracefully on the ground, and Ellis quickly shooed the kid toward the stables, knowing that Damien would settle Kayden.

      He really needed to

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