Chapter 6
As Quinn headed down towards the lake with Captain at his heels, Aisha’s unwelcome neighs rang out from the stable yard. Today was the first time anybody had spoken that horse’s name for a very long time. Well, it wouldn’t do any good for Zoe to plead her case. His mind had been made up long ago. The mare was dangerous, a threat to everybody’s safety. There was plenty of truth in that, enough to justify him placing her out of bounds. But it wasn’t the full story, not by a long shot.
Aisha neighed again, a haunting, lonely cry. Quinn put his hands over his ears, unwilling to hear, trying to block out the wave of unwanted sympathy he still felt for the mare. He wasn’t a cruel man. He knew she was neglected and starved for attention. The problem was that in his mind she was inextr
