In his heart, Whittaker had named Cassandra, the lofty-cloud steed as a mere horse. She only knew how to run, after all. Plus, she was a girl so he named it horsie.
During the entire ride, Whittaker and Nina did not speak as horsie ran too fast. Whittaker had taken cover behind Nina's back otherwise, the wind would have smacked him off its back. Only the clanking sound of horsie footsteps filled the staircase as it ran towards the top of the staircase. After galloping for about a dozen minutes, horsie footsteps finally stopped. In just some minutes, they had reached the top of the staircase.
"We will have to get off here to enter the central command room," Nina said.
Magical beasts weren't allowed inside that place. Their bodies were too large and with a single misstep, they could destroy a thing very precious to Elder Zachary.
