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“I don’t think you’re gonna hear any complaints,” Dalton told her

She s for, but I’lanced around the stable and asked, “Where’s Sam?”

“With Midnight”

Her attention turned to the stall in the far corner The gate was open She wandered over and found Saently to him

She watched for a few eous man, both of whom she admired Then she said in a low tone, “You two are picture perfect”

Midnight’s head snapped up and he snorted She laughed The horse shifted,her

Sam rolled his eyes playfully “Oh sure,” he said to the stallion “You pretend to be content withcare of you, and then she walks in and you defect” He handed her the brush “Give it a try Just his neck See how he responds”

She stepped toward Midnight and said, “I’ll understand if you’re not receptive” She slid her gaze to Sas”

He nodded “It wouldn’t be anything personal, darlin’ Everybody has their own healing process,” he reht had snubbed her with the hackamore

His pointed gaze also indicated his sentiment applied to her situation too Sky appreciated his perceptiveness

She raised the hand not holding the brush and slowly reached out to the horse “How about we start with a pet on the nose?” Her pal coat He responded favorably, inching closer to her

To Salad I didn’t see him when he first came here I wouldn’t have handled it well” She looked at the horse and then flicked her gaze to Saain “His eyes break h he wants to trust us, but there’s the reminder of what happened to him”

“I see that in your eyes sometimes too”

“Probably”

Sky held up the brush and said to Midnight, “It’d be okay if we gave this a try, right?”