Chapter 21Steph
It’d been years since Steph had last readied a horse for a lesson but as she listened to the excited voices of the other riders as they located and went in to their assigned mounts, it felt as if she’d done it only yesterday. Even the small tingling sensation in her gut, a mixture of anticipation and trepidation, was familiar. No, she didn’t know Midnight in the slightest, but the black gelding was in a program destined for guest riders after all, so he must at least be reasonably trained, and therefore rideable. His ground manners however, as she soon discovered, were sorely lacking.
As soon as Steph entered his space, Midnight pinned his ears back and glared at her. But, having encountered his aggressive way of going for treats already, she simply sidestepped when he ca
