All four of us sat mounted on our horses at the tall gates of Avrolon, I was glad I had taken horse riding lessons back at home, dad was even going to get me a horse for my sixteenth birthday, maybe he had even gotten it, perhaps he would have given it to me had things not gone south.
I had fallen for the white stallion on which I was mounted the very moment I set my eyes on it, and it seemed to like me too, as did Kalain's.
Paige and Tyler weren't saying much, it seemed leaving the safety of the barriered troubled them as much as it ttoubled me, we waited for the regal gates to open and make way for us, dawn had just began to break and the morning breeze was chilly, I was glad only a hand full of soldiers escorted us thus far.
I heard Paige gulp quietly as the gates opened.
"What's ou
