“Cahal! NO!” she screamed, knowing he would not make it. The huge brown boar charged straight for the horse, thrusting upward with its huge yellowed tusks before Cahal could get his horse to jump. The horse screamed as tusks penetrated its side. The boar, frothing at the mouth, was in a rage, trying to strike out at anything moving. With the momentum, Cahal flew out of the saddle as his horse twisted in agony. He landed on his back a ways off, and lay there unmoving. The horse collapsed onto its side, screaming in pain and left with a huge gaping wound in its side.
Zya stayed well back from the whole scene, lest the boar see her and come after. It was amazing that the boar had even known they were there, so poor was its eyesight. Cahal was up in an instant, sword ready to defend himself s
