All the King's Horses by Katherine Rhodes

Author:Katherine Rhodes [Rhodes, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Down Write Nuts
Published: 2018-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Princess was not happy about the saddle, at all, but she seemed like she could get used to it. It would take a lot of rides to keep her calm enough to train.

As long her foal was with her, she was happy.

Texas trotted along with them, playing in the scrub and romping through the open clearings.

RJ promised the pond path wasn’t long, and it wasn’t. It only took them about fifteen minutes on the horses to cover the distance to the pond. There were another five spent getting to the other side.

“Need a break?” RJ asked from the top of Argonaut.

“I’m okay.”

“How about your horse?”

“Yes, I guess she does. We’ll take the saddle off too, but leave the blanket.”

With a gentle stroke of the horse’s neck, Lucy dismounted and held her by the reins. She loosened the buckles, and RJ was over a moment later, helping her pull off the saddle.

“What’s your opinion, your highness?”

“She doesn’t like it. Not really. But I think she can learn, with patience. You may have to saddle her and let her out in the pens to buck for a while. She’ll do better when she has no choice and I’m not here to calm her.”

“Limp?”

“She compensates well. It seems like she was injured before the foal. Her walk is natural. She won’t run a derby for you, but she’ll make some young girl very happy someday.”

“Good. Let’s take a break.”

RJ tied his horse to a nearby tree as Lucy arranged the saddle nearby. A moment later, he had the saddle bags off the horse and over his shoulder. Opening one of the bags, he pulled out a checked blanket and laid it out on the ground.

“What the hell...?”

“Lunch.” RJ smiled and motioned her to sit down.

Smiling, Lucy was happy to. He’d managed to sneak all this out there. He placed the bags down in the corner of the blanket and pulled out a bottle of wine and all the makings of a cute picnic break. Pulling out a utility knife, he popped open the white wine and poured each of them a glass in the clear solo cups he’d brought and handed her one.

“This is very sweet of you.” Lucy took a sip of the wine. “Good wine, wow!”

“Dad’s cousin started a winery in western New York State, and he sent us a case of his first crop. Won a few awards.”

“I can taste why.”

He opened the first glass dish and it had grapes and apple slices in it. RJ offered it to her, and she pulled out an apple slice. He chose two grapes himself and popped them in his mouth.

“So, how long do you think you’ll be here?” RJ asked, trying to be coy.

It was the question Lucy had hoped he wouldn’t ask. She didn’t want to think about going and she didn’t want to think about the short time she might have at Double Down. If she were going to be honest with herself, she shouldn’t feel this strongly about a guy she’d met barely a week before.

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