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Lia's POV
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After breakfast, I headed out to the stables to check on the horses. It had been far to long since I had seen them with my capture and then homecoming yesterday. I was exicted to get there and see how everyone had been. Turning the corner I seen a silver and black wolf. "Joe?" I asked.
"Yes," the wolf walked up to me.
"What are you doing here?" Genuinely curious.
"Keeping an eye on you as I was tasked to do." He answered matter of factually.
"Ah, if you excuse me. I need to feed and chat with them make sure they are ok." I rushed passed him without a second thought.
I burst through the barns door, "hi guys!" All their heads turned to look at me. I heard all.of them say "hi" back. I tossed there feed as quickly as I could. Then started with each of them, chatting about how things were while I was gone. I got to Warrior, "how are you?" he spoke first.
"Better now that I am back." I started. "Did Red do a good job?"
I heard Warrior laugh, "poor guy had no clue, how to feed or clean. Luckily that guy Joe, the wolf outside handled it most of the time."
"Joe?" Seemed to be a repeating theme.
"Yes, he feed and worked with the ones that he could." Warrior glanced toward the door. "Sounds like his foot steps." Warrior popped his head to the door.
I turned just in time to see Joe in all his brown eyed human glory. "Warrior," Joe nodded to him. the little Crillo mare on the other side also squealed a hello.
I raised a brow at that, I did not get that kind of reaction from her. "Thank you for helping here in the barn." I smiled.
"You are welcome, I see why you do it," he glanced at the little mare in question.
"Yes it makes me a bit happier knowing I have helped them worked past old trauma and get to a spot that I can find their human." I subconsciously heard the warmth in my voice. oddly it bugged me.
"I can see that. Though I would think about placing some with other magic borne people's." He suggested, walking to the criollo mare and scratching her forehead.
"Not a bad idea considering I never knew there were peoples like that." I stood next to Warrior.
" When I first met your Warrior in here, he made sure to tell me you were his," Joe looked back at us. "Also mentioned you had their gift of speech."
"Warrior and I have a very long history. He has my heart," I scratched the top of his neck near his ear. "We meant by chance, though there were times I thought I would not be able to help him."
"He told me the story. Also mentioned you ask the horses who they would like to stay with." Joe seemed curious on this.
"Yes, if they don't like them it is voided." I agreed.
"Interesting, by the way you had a call the other day, saying they were.bringing in another. Should be arriving any time." Joe seemed interested in how this was going to happen.
"Did they say what was coming in?" I raised a brow.
"Just a young gelding, deeply damaged." Joe shrugged.
"Well lets get the other stuff done and get a stall ready." I started to work.
"Stall is ready." He said with a brilliant smile.
I stalled out for a split second, until Warrior smacked me with his head, I glanced at him and he snorted. I started laughing. I heard Joe laugh too.
"Also, we will need to work on your magic. Leto has told Lada and I that you must be tutored on it." Joe blurted mid chuckle.
"You talked to Leto?" I was shocked.
"No just privy to information she offered." He shrugged. "I am not that cool." The smile still in place.
I nodded and started my other chores including working the ones Joe could not. I was mid way through the little foal when we both heard the truck and trailer coming. Both of us stopped what we were doing and walked out the door to see the truck and trailer coming up the drive.
I sighed I remembered this driver all to well. He was the meanest, heartless fellow I had come across in a long while. I sighed, shook my head and walked forward.
"What's wrong?" I heard Joe ask in my head.
"Ummmm how?" My surprised looked not lost on him when I turned to look at him
"Wolves can always talk this way. No matter the bloodline." He shrugged. "But what's wrong?"
"This guy is a huge jerk, I mean he should not be driving a trailer with any animal in it." I looked back as the truck got close.