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The short flight to Inverness in the Scottish Highlands had been uneventful for Hugh and the two horses he had selected to take with him.
After the flight, he supervised the loading of Buttercup, a gentle yet spirited mare he had chosen for Anneliese, and instructed the general’s aide-de-camp Ryan Thomson on taking her and his luggage on a safe drive as he rode his own stallion Caligula, who was restless after the flight.
Surely he would reach his destination well after Thomson and the truck bearing his luggage and Buttercup, but it was not often that he got the chance to take a solitary ride along the banks of the river Ness and the wooded islands connected by suspension foot bridges constructed in the mid 19th century, through havens of wildlife and nature. Much better than two hour
