Chapter Fifteen
The Final Test
Jessica stumbled ahead of him in the moonlight, each forward step of the hoof boots drawing the chain between her ankles taut. Her entire body quivered in the aftermath of that terrifying moment in the coffin. Passing back through the door and into the mill, her hooves clattering on the hard floor once more, she could not hold back her hopeless tears as the place seemed to close in around her again. She turned slightly to watch him close the door behind him through her tear-blurred eyes as she shook with the force of her desperate crying.
“You look so tired, princess,” he spoke as he finished with the door. “But think of the positive side. One more try at the test, and then you can just lie down and sleep. Pass or fail, you’ll be lying down after this atte
