Ileus held her hand and walked with her to the black horse that they had freed from the carriage.
"Pass me the medicine box," he said to Kaizan as he adjusted the saddle on the horse. In a low voice he said to Anastasia, "You will ride with me." He held her by her waist and lifted her onto the horse as if she was a weightless doll. "Do you know how to ride a horse?" he asked with a frown.
"No," she replied in an embarrassed voice. How would she? While she could train as a warrior in a secret basement for six years, where would she get a horse for riding lessons? She was barely allowed to leave the confines of her wing at the palace..
And the knowledge that he would ride with her made her skin flush.
"Then just don't touch the reins, princess," he said and then walked over to Guarhal who was leaning against the carriage with his injured arm supported by another soldier.
