Chapter 117

I gasp air back into my lungs after a moment of real fear when I couldn’t pull any in-

It aches as it fills me, having been so roughly knocked out of me in the first place –

God damnit, I think, shaking a little with the shock of falling off a

horse for the first time, of the sudden violence that caused it –

I roll over on the ground, pulling myself to a seated position,

pressing my eyes closed as I work to steady my breath.

Someone is there next to me, almost instantly – I feel a hand on

my shoulder, a tremulous voice asking if I’m okay-

When I open my eyes, I’m shocked to see it is Kent kneeling next

to me, concern written in every line of his face.

“Are you serious?” I shout at him, anger mixing with the fear. running through my veins. I brush his hand off my shoulder. “We would all be fine if you didn’t rush in here like a crazy person! What the hell-

Suddenly, I remember my horse and spin my torso around, looking behind me to see Heathcliff at the other side of the arena, looking at us with wide and frightened eyes.

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push myself to my feet in a moment, heading

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me, grabbing for my arm. But he’s too slow, and I’m able to pull

over

I can see Jerome starting to stand up

looking anxiously between

slow myself as I cross the ring

knowing that he’ll shy again and be further spooked if

a rage. So, instead, I force

soft nonsense to him as I

see the horse physically relax when he sees how calm I am–or

hold my hand out to him, he stretches his neck forward, pressing his nose into my palm, trusting me. I take a moment, then, as I take

calm him even

to my horse,

the hell does Kent Lippert

dangerous man in

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I quickly dismiss the thought because seriously, who the

lesson and punches

and see that they’re standing right where

Kent. He

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