Chapter Sixteen
Shadow looked ahead and screamed, “Stop! Ravine!”
“Shoot the deer!” Carson yelled at her.
Shadow had been well behind them and had stopped her horse the moment she’d seen the magic hid ravine. She fumbled for her crossbow. The deer came closer. She aimed. It was almost upon her.
“Shoot the damn thing!” Wardell bellowed. “Even a toddler could make that shot.”
Shadow loosed the bolt and winced as it struck the deer. Her horse sidestepped as the deer fell towards it.
“Yes!” Perrun raced forward and leapt off his horse. “Food! Hey, it’s got a rope around its neck.”
“A tethered deer and a magic hid ravine. They knew we were coming,” Carson said.
“They couldn’t have known the deer wouldn’t break the rope before we got there,” Clem said.
Perrun looked up from the deer. “T
