Duke Orville when he was small, like to ride riding, his mother's family Lancaster since the founding of the territory is the strongest fighting force, so Duke Orville from childhood in the territory to receive Lionel's training, so although it does not look like, but Orville palm is a layer of thick calluses, the palm of the hand is wide and thick, but touch it is cool.
Chad was pulled toward the horse by him, and then the duke wrapped both hands around her, shaking the reins, the horse moved, Chad heard him close to his ear, a low sentence: "Sit still."
The wind hunted in her ears, the horse lurched, and even though Chad hardly dared to move at all, she still bumped into Orville's body from time to time, and the Duke was covered in the faint scent of white roses, like an impermeable web that bound her securely within it.
And she looked worse than prey desperately struggling on a spider's web.
Close, too close.
