Chapter Twenty
The morning assaulted my waking brain with noise and irritation. Blue jays squawked at the window chasing the song birds to the trees beyond. In the kitchen Athena burned breakfast and showed her irritation snapping at every little thing. Something in the stables had gone awry during the night. Morning had come too early for the house.
Gus glared at me while drinking his morning coffee at the kitchen table. “You still here? I thought Reggie got rid of you.”
“I stayed the night.”
“You best be leaving before he sees you. He might have ridden that stallion to death last night if I hadn’t stopped him.”
His words chilled me. The stallion Brutus was Reggie’s favorite and I’d seen nothing but gentle respect between them.
“Said he had to ride the fury out,” Gus continued, “bu
