Minstrel's Serenade
“Danika’s horse heaved underneath her. Although the minstrels had lent her a fine stead, the stallion slowed with fatigue. Valorian’s horse slackened as well, struggling to keep pace in the patches of filtering moonlight. Even Nip’s horse dragged its hooves and he had hardly ridden the beast all day.
Surely, whoever followed them couldn’t have tracked them this far. Even so, staying to fight would give their horses much needed rest. Either way they’d have to confront their pursuers. Running ...made Danika feel like a fugitive. She pulled back on the reins as they broke through into a clearing where the white moon illuminated the glade. “Enough.”
Valorian followed her lead. He jumped from his horse and offered the stallion water from his sheepskin.
Danika sniffed and pulled up by his side. “The air smells clear.”
He held the sheepskin to her horse’s steaming muzzle. “You forget we are upwind.”MoreLess
Surely, whoever followed them couldn’t have tracked them this far. Even so, staying to fight would give their horses much needed rest. Either way they’d have to confront their pursuers. Running ...made Danika feel like a fugitive. She pulled back on the reins as they broke through into a clearing where the white moon illuminated the glade. “Enough.”
Valorian followed her lead. He jumped from his horse and offered the stallion water from his sheepskin.
Danika sniffed and pulled up by his side. “The air smells clear.”
He held the sheepskin to her horse’s steaming muzzle. “You forget we are upwind.”MoreLess
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