Chapter 10
I jump up, run down the hall, and fly down the stairs, then dash out the back door, desperate to prove to myself there’s a horse in my pasture and not a unicorn or a figment of my imagination. Rain quickly soaks through my cotton pajamas. I reach the fence but it’s dark and I didn’t think to grab a flashlight. My feet squish in the muddy pasture as I climb through the fence. Wish I thought to put on boots or shoes at the very least.
“Hey,” I say into the dark. I hold out my hand and click my tongue. “Come here. It’s okay.”
A horse blows air from its nose and paws the ground, revealing its location in the back of the pasture.
“There you are. What are you doing here?” I coo and step towards him but it’s hard to see. I don’t know if it’s a him, but he looked like a him from my
