Ford looked at Mia in panic.
"They're coming," He whispered.
This was his worst fear. Her parents would probably kill him on the spot! They wouldn't believe for a moment that she had asked him to come along after making this decision on her own…
"Let's go," Mia dug her heels into her horse's sides, and Ford's mount followed as they took off at a gallop.
He clung to the saddle, unprepared for the race. They'd walked and gone a sort of medium speed, but the sheer velocity of the animal underneath him now was unprecedented in his life.
Mia looked more than comfortable in the saddle as she cast a look over her shoulder to make sure he was following her.
Their rest and steady pace must have cost them precious time that allowed her family to catch up. He wondered how much distance could have been covered if Mia hadn't worried about his pain.
Clearly she was at ease at a much quicker pace than he was.
