Saddling the two horses went smoothly.
The first, a mare, willingly followed Lucas Milankovitch from the pasture into the stable. The second, a filly, hesitated.
Sela, Lucas's much younger visitor, hesitated too. She had been raised on a ranch in Montana and knew how to handle horses. But it wasn't in her nature to take the lead. She waited, watching him.
Once Lucas tied the mare at the tack room, he sighed, put on leather roping gloves and took a well-used lasso off the wall. In the pasture he expertly sent a loop around the younger horse's neck and calmly waited until she settled before leading her into the barn.
"You can saddle her yourself, right?" Lucas asked.
Sela nodded. "Of course!"
"I'll do the mare then. You take care of the filly."
"Watch her," he added. "She can be skitt
