“WELL IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT FIRST.THEN MY TWIN ANDI WE~ ~UT
             TO A CREEK FOR A PICNIC.PRINCE KENDRICK~SOON JOINED US.I ‘M IN~LOVE
             WITh KENDRICK ~ I GRABBED THE PICNIC BASKET AND FLED ON MONI
             A STORM BREWED AND THE LIGHTENING WAS SO SO CLOSE.IT SCARED MONI.
             SH~ TOOK OFF AND WE RODE .AIMIJESSLY FOR A FEW HOURS AN~ TH~N I WAS
             TH~BWN FROM HIM AND I BLACKED OUT.”
             “HQW’S ABOUT TELLING ME HOW YOU CAIVIE ACROSS A NOUNTIAN WOLF.”
             “WELL A DAY AFTER I WAS THPOWN,I WAS DRINKING FROM A SPRI~TG.I HEARD
             A WW GROWL AND LOOKED UP.THERE STOOD HIM.I STABBED HIMI~ THE SIDE
             AN~ THEN NURSED HIM BACK TO HEALTH.”
             “WELL ARIELLE,JVIY NAME tS JESTON.t’ HE TOSSED ANOTHER LOG IN THE STOVE.
             “MY MOTHER DIED TWO WEEKS AGO.AND I.WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WE~ TO A MI—
             CHELLE.SHE RAN AWAY WITH MY BROTITER.”~ HE SAT DO~Th AND WHÜE WOLF
             LICKED HIS HANDS.
         
         
                SHAWN ADJUSTED HER RIDING HAT AS KENDRICK AND BLACK ANDSHAWNA AND
             TRUE COLOR TCU’RIHD THE COUNTRY SIDE.SHAWN HADN’T BEEN THE SAME SINCE
             AP~ELLE’S DISAPIPEARENCE.THE ROYAL WEDDING WAS IN SEVEN DAYS.SEVEN DAY~
             UNTIL SHAWN W~AS NOT FREE ANY1V1CRE., BlACK REARED AND KEN KI~KEDHI
             SIDES.
         I
             “STEADY BOY.STMDY.” THE HORSE DROPED AND KEN PATTED I-ITS NECK.
             SHAWN LET CU TA WHISTLE AND DROPPED OFF HER HORSE.THE CHASE BEGAN.
             KENDRICK TOOK AFTER HER AND SHE STARTED LAUG±IING,AND KICKED THE
             LEAVES AROUND., SHE COULD SEE IN ThE DISTANC~,A GROUP OF GRAZING STALLJ
             ICNS.TWO WERE WHITE AND SOME WERE BROWN.SHAWN STOPPED AND DROPPED TO
             THE GROUND .KEN TACKLED HER AND GAVE HER A QUIRK KISS.SHE~FOJNTED TO ‘
             fl’HE HORSES. KENDRICK HELPED HER UP AND SHE SMILED.SHE R MBERED THE ~
             UNICORN SHE’D SEEN WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 1LIT’S WHITE MANE,BLOWING BEHINI
             IT ‘LIKE A CASCADING CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER FALL,IT’S BODY GR4CEFUL BUT
             YET SCLID.IT’S FACEIAL STRUCTURES ENCHANTING,IT’S SILVER I~ORN LIKE
             A TAPERED PEICE OF SOLID MOTHER OF PEARL.BUT THE MYTHICAL CREATURE
             WAS SCARCE,BUT IN LANCER COUNTRY THERE WAS A FEW’ OVER 121~THE LEADER
             SHOOK H13 MIDNIGHT MANE.ALL OF THESE UNICORNS WERE BEAUTI~’UL.SHAWN
             STOOD UI~ AND MADE LITTLE CLICKING SOUNDS.SHL PATTED THE SILKY MUZZLE
             CF ThE LEADER AND SMILED ~AS KEN SLID HIS A~I AROUND HER WAIST.SUDDENLY
             FROM BEHIND THY LUSH FOREST BU~ST OUT A MESSENGER.
             “HE HANDED SHAWN A SCRIPT.
             “ DEAREST SHAWNA,
           YOUR FATHERS F~ALLEN SU1~BSTALLY ILL.PLEASE HURRY~,COME FASTI.
                                      CORA.”
         
           SHAVYN BOUNDED ONTO HER HORSE AND TOOK OFF LIKE LIGHTINING.  ONCE AT THE
           PROPERTY THE DRAW BRIGE LOWERED SHE RODE THROUGH.THERE CORA MET HER
           AND ESCORTED HER TO THE KING.KING LANCER WAS PALE AND CONTENTLY SLEEPING
           “YOUR WISH QUEEN LANCER.” CCRA BOWED AND LEFT.HEAThER HUGGED HER DAUGHTER.