The silver mare's eyes gleamed as she watched a smile play on Areo Hotah's face. To get a reaction out of the statue-like horse was an achievement she hoped she could complete again. It relaxed her further to see him acting more normal, and she shifted one ear to loosely point outward. Her land was silent aside from the wind and ocean. She could feel herself slowly falling in love with the sound, and even with the way the wind seemed to pierce through her coat and send a chill through her entire body.

The wind buffeted the land as Jasiri grinned again. She liked how quick and agreeable the massive stallion was. He was so perfect that it worried her slightly. Had all her luck been used to bring her this stallion? Would she be left deserted in another drought of luck? She hoped not. Right now all she needed was her land and this stallion. Her only mission was to build a herd, and she knew it would take a long time without her luck, but when she needed it again it would be there.

Jasiri repressed the urge to shake out her mane and instead kept her typical, imperceptible smile firmly on her mouth. "Of course," she said. "Go explore the tundra. I expect you to know it well." She stepped back as though it was a dismissal for him to leave and kept her eyes glued to his frame. She could feel her excitement bubbling up again at the chance to see Areo Hotah in action for the first time.

JASIRIsilver bay roan of the Inlet