Empire's End (2015)
““Halt!”
“That horse belongs to the Sanhedrin!”
“Stop him!”
But on my simple command, the stallion instantly returned to the magnificent form I’d remembered. He thundered away from the wall and onto the well-worn path, causing sojourners into the city to scatter. He deftly pivoted around those who heard his pounding hooves too late and would have otherwise been trampled.
The shouting, clanging guards faded quickly. I peeked back to see they had resorted to their own mounts, but by the time they ...reached top speed, Theo had hopelessly outdistanced them. I would love to think I was steering my charger to this prodigious feat, but no doubt he barely felt my death grip on his mane or my bony, bowed knees in his sides.
I was hardly steering. I was hanging on for my life.
And he wasn’t mine anyway, was he? I had indeed stolen a horse that belonged to the Sanhedrin. I would have to make that right. But how? I didn’t even know where I would find my next meal. Strangely, in the excitement, my hunger had subsided.MoreLess
“That horse belongs to the Sanhedrin!”
“Stop him!”
But on my simple command, the stallion instantly returned to the magnificent form I’d remembered. He thundered away from the wall and onto the well-worn path, causing sojourners into the city to scatter. He deftly pivoted around those who heard his pounding hooves too late and would have otherwise been trampled.
The shouting, clanging guards faded quickly. I peeked back to see they had resorted to their own mounts, but by the time they ...reached top speed, Theo had hopelessly outdistanced them. I would love to think I was steering my charger to this prodigious feat, but no doubt he barely felt my death grip on his mane or my bony, bowed knees in his sides.
I was hardly steering. I was hanging on for my life.
And he wasn’t mine anyway, was he? I had indeed stolen a horse that belonged to the Sanhedrin. I would have to make that right. But how? I didn’t even know where I would find my next meal. Strangely, in the excitement, my hunger had subsided.MoreLess
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