Mustang Moon (19 page)
Authors: Terri Farley
This time, Sam didn't think. She embraced his silvery neck and though the stallion lifted her briefly off her feet, he didn't run. He didn't flinch. He didn't bowl her over or neigh a protest.
The stallion stood, head over Sam's shoulder, chin moving up and down her spine, as if he hugged her, too.
“You're safe.” Tears stung her eyes, but Sam blinked them away. She refused to miss an instant of magic.
It was a good thing, because Zanzibar leaped backward. Head tossing; he gave her chest a push. Off balance, Sam retreated a step. With the persistence of a father moving his child along, the stallion urged her back another step, toward Ace, still ground-tied and waiting.
Sam stepped backward, until Ace's whinny vibrated through the tunnel. For only a second, Sam looked behind her.
When she turned to face the stallion one last time, shadows had taken his place.
“He was here, Ace.” Her voice echoed around her
and the gelding nickered in agreement.
Zanzibar was alive. He'd come back to tell her so.
As Sam walked out of the darkness, love bounded up in her like a fountain.
Terri Farley
has always loved horses. She left Los Angeles for the cowgirl state of Nevada after earning degrees in English and Journalism. Now she rides the range researching books and magazine articles on the West's people and animalsâespecially Nevada's controversial wild horses. She lives in a one-hundred-year-old house with her husband, children, and way too many pets.
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PHANTOM STALLION #2: MUSTANG MOON
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