worked their way down off the mountain, a light breeze ruffling her mane, whilst the occasional squawk of a startled bird broke the quiet night.
When at last they entered the trees where they were going to change, she took one last breath of the mountain air. This was to be her new home, and she wanted to spend the rest of her life exploring the mountain and the surrounding forests so that she knew it as well as she had known the meadows where her herd roamed. She would run here, with their children, whatever they were to be. Horse or bear, it didn’t matter.
“I think we could have one more glass of wine before bed, don’t you?” she asked as they walked down the rest of the way to the farm, hand in hand.
“Does that mean you aren’t driving home tonight?” he asked hopefully.
“No, Ryan, I’m not. This is my home now.”
He didn’t answer, just squeezed her hand and led her down to his house. But before they went inside she stopped.
“What’s the matter?” he asked, and the tone of his voice signalled he thought she had changed her mind.
“This way,” she said and led him to the barn. Opening the door quietly, she went inside. “Do you have a flashlight?”
“I can put the main light on.”
“No. We don’t want to disturb them.”
“Who?” he asked, grabbing the flashlight just as she had asked.
“You’ll see.”
They crept along the barn to the stall where Sapphire was. Across from her, Minty whinnied quietly. As they looked into Sapphire’s stall, they were just in time to see the newborn foal trying to climb to his wobbly feet.
“You knew?” he whispered.
“It’s a horse thing,” she said quietly.
Watching Sapphire with her foal, the attention she lavished on it as she encouraged it to stand and then drink her milk, Ciara began to understand the treasure that children were. She could feel the pride and love this mare had for the new life next to her. Ciara knew that one day she would feel that same love and pride. And by her side would be her man, her bear.
“I love you, Ryan,” she said for the first time. As she laid her head on his shoulder, she meant it. She might have started out running away from her mate, but now she would never run again. This was where she belonged, here with Ryan, her mate.
“Let’s go to bed,” he said after they made sure everything was OK.
“Whatever you say,” she answered. Because she knew he would never ask anything of her she didn’t want to do. They were bonded, true to one another. It wasn’t a one-sided deal. It might have taken her a long time to understand that, but now that she did, she would never forget.
The End
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