Pale moonlight glistened across Caesius’s creamy frame as she slept to the right of him. Standing on his left was gandy and their nearly grown son who slept peacefully. Surround the tree of them and himself was the rest of the herd in which Lyden took pride in as they slept quietly. His nerves had been on edge lately wondering where the three sisters Braylen and him had met and invited back here had gone. Even more so he feared of losing his precious perlino and as she stood completely unaware of Lyden watching her he knew at the very moment that he would do whatever he could to protect her and keep her with him, just like he would with any of his family. Only Caesisus and gandy held a very special place in his heart – a bond that could not be explained

Behind them he heard gentle rustling of leaves followed by a frantic call to someone. Instantly his velvet ears slipped forward as he moved forward with urgency wondering who it was and if they were alright. The stale scents of hickerie and dickerie exploded in the wind particles that blew past his pale nostrils as he moved towards the two – at least he thought it would just be the two of them

Dock the pretty cream girl who he originally showed interest in seemed to have disappeared into thin air once they arrived. Lyden is not sure where she would have gone but he did certainly notice. Often thoughts of he should go seek her out crossed his mind however he didn’t know her all that well [given she never gave him a chance] and thus decided to stay put. Surely if one of the three sisters become concerned they’d end up telling him and he’d head out then.

”where have you been we were worried about you! You can’t just go off and..” hickerie’s voice fell silent which caused Lyden to move a little faster before the three of them came into his view. He watched as dock seemed to be extremely distressed and huddle between her sisters nestling into their comfort. Sobs came from dock and soon dickerie ”oh dock”. Confused crossed his face as Lyden snorted gently announcing his presence as he closed the short distance between them before pausing a few yards off. Here he was able to see all three mares in a state of panic, distress and anguish. ”what happened?”