Daria's POV

 

The rider did not wait for me to explain anything. He turned his horse around before I could even get on the horse that Maive had brought for me. We rode fast through the dark. The camp fires got smaller and smaller behind us. Soon there was nothing but trees, moonlight and the sound of horses running on the earth.

 

Lucius rode beside me at the time. He was in pain with every bump of the horse. I told him to stay behind two times.. He did not listen to me. By the mile I stopped arguing with him. It is hard to argue with Lucius when he...