The Smartest Horse In Texas (The Traherns #2) - Plot & Excerpts
Besides this was her first time across and she was not tired. I glanced back. Some of the Indians were trying to get their horses to enter the river. They finally gave up, shot a few more times and left. I kicked my feet, trying to help Hero out. He was laboring now, and we were being carried downstream as well as forward. When we finally reached the riverbank it was too steep for him to climb out. He turned and started swimming downstream. I wondered if I let go of his tail, maybe I could get up on the bank and help him. Then the pain in my shoulder reminded me I was probably going to have to leave it all to him. The river curved in a large bend, swinging away from us, so we were on a shallow side. Hero got a purchase on the bed, struggled through some deep sand, and flung himself out of the water, pulling the rest of us with him. He was shaking, tossing Dawn about, and I had to grab his head and stop him long enough for her to untie herself. “Are you hurt?” I asked. “No. They grabbed me, and I told them in the Kiowa language to leave me alone.
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