Dree moved across the road and onto the beach, ending the call to Max and sticking her phone into her pocket. Wildfire had started moving toward her, with the look of a child caught with a hand in the cookie jar. And, that look, coming from a horse... well, it was about as hard to chide as a puppy.
"All right, mister," she said quietly, reaching a hand up to his cheek. Wildfire pushed against her hand, saying hello and - she guessed - apologizing for his misdeed. Dree smiled and leaned against him.
Dree glanced up at the suns and let out a sigh. "All right, you," she told the horse in a child-like voice, "let's get you home, okay?" Dree kept a hand on Wildfire's neck and nodded for him to follow her. She let the horse back to the house and stopped at the fence.
"You stay right here. And-" she said, pointing at him in a menacing manner, "-don't you dare eat my flowers." Dree gave him a light pat and hurried inside. She pulled a blanket from the hall closet, grabbed her sweater and locked the door behind her.
Dree led the horse through the edge of the city on foot - she was comfortable enough riding him at the ranch - but didn't want to risk him getting spooked while she was on his back. Just because she'd managed to overcome her fear didn't mean she still had an aversion to riding horseback. Especially when the horse in question had no saddle, reins or bridle.
His ears perked when they reached the market and, while he was in trouble, it didn't stop Dree from buying him a few apples. "We won't tell Max," she told him in a low whisper.
Dree moved across the road and onto the beach, ending the call to Max and sticking her phone into her pocket. Wildfire had started moving toward her, with the look of a child caught with a hand in the cookie jar. And, that look, coming from a horse... well, it was about as hard to chide as a puppy.
"All right, mister," she said quietly, reaching a hand up to his cheek. Wildfire pushed against her hand, saying hello and - she guessed - apologizing for his misdeed. Dree smiled and leaned against him.
"You're just lucky I love you..."
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Dree glanced up at the suns and let out a sigh. "All right, you," she told the horse in a child-like voice, "let's get you home, okay?" Dree kept a hand on Wildfire's neck and nodded for him to follow her. She let the horse back to the house and stopped at the fence.
"You stay right here. And-" she said, pointing at him in a menacing manner, "-don't you dare eat my flowers." Dree gave him a light pat and hurried inside. She pulled a blanket from the hall closet, grabbed her sweater and locked the door behind her.
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Dree led the horse through the edge of the city on foot - she was comfortable enough riding him at the ranch - but didn't want to risk him getting spooked while she was on his back. Just because she'd managed to overcome her fear didn't mean she still had an aversion to riding horseback. Especially when the horse in question had no saddle, reins or bridle.
His ears perked when they reached the market and, while he was in trouble, it didn't stop Dree from buying him a few apples. "We won't tell Max," she told him in a low whisper.
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