The Centaur's Promise

When the War of the Ancients had taken more lives on the battlefield than remained, Chiron, leader of the Centaurs, climbed up to the top of the hill and commanded the battle to stop.  Banishing the half-horse, half-man creatures from the Greek world forever.  He then turned and made one last proclamation before he, too, disappeared into the heavens.  "We will leave," he said, "But we take with us the hearts of your best women and through them we will rule your world for all eternity."  Why do women love horses?  Was the Centaur's Promise real?Cynthia Szantos is lost in a dead-end job and a failing romance, when a rider-less black horse bolts onto a Southern California freeway and Cynthia's life takes an unexpected twist.  At Centaur enters her dreams and tells her nearly hitting the horse on the freeway was no accident and he needs her help.The following is that story.