Paint the Wind (2007)
“SELTZER STUMBLED AND MAYA hurtled from his back. She tried to grab the leather skirt of the saddle to steady herself, but the earth twisted again and she fell facedown. The heavy binoculars jabbed her chest, and the bag of grain thumped her back. Rocks tumbled into the meadow from the ridge above. Artemisia squealed. The shaking persisted as Maya dug her nails into the wavering earth.
When the temblor stopped, she forced herself to breathe. Seltzer had snagged his reins in a bush and strain...ed against them, screaming with distress. Maya called to him, “Whoa, boy. Whoa …”
Seltzer paused, his eyes bulging. He reared and the reins snapped from the bush. In a frenzied gallop, he disappeared uphill.
“Seltzer! Seltzer!” Maya started after him, until she heard a noise like the roar of an approaching train behind her. She turned toward the Sweetwater.
Downstream, the mountain across the river descended in a mammoth slide of rock and dirt.MoreLess
When the temblor stopped, she forced herself to breathe. Seltzer had snagged his reins in a bush and strain...ed against them, screaming with distress. Maya called to him, “Whoa, boy. Whoa …”
Seltzer paused, his eyes bulging. He reared and the reins snapped from the bush. In a frenzied gallop, he disappeared uphill.
“Seltzer! Seltzer!” Maya started after him, until she heard a noise like the roar of an approaching train behind her. She turned toward the Sweetwater.
Downstream, the mountain across the river descended in a mammoth slide of rock and dirt.MoreLess
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