Chapter 6Taden worked grimly, cinching the saddle and checking the bit for comfort in the stallion’s mouth. It had been a tearful goodbye with Claribel. He hadn’t meant to make his sister cry, but neither could he lie and say if he would return. It all hinged on Nathaniel.
He pressed his face to the horse’s warm neck and breathed in the heated, musky odor, familiar and comforting. Was he being a fool, chasing after a man who probably had no use for him? It didn’t matter. Without Miranda, Nathaniel was in danger of becoming tangled in the labyrinth of his own mind. Something Taden wouldn’t allow.
Captain Bryce waited in the courtyard as he exited the stables, and Taden’s hold on the reins tightened. Bryce raised a brow, his tone coolly polite as his gaze traveled from Taden’s rough clothi
