156. Shadow of the Past – Part 2

~ CASIMIR ~

When he hadn’t corrected anything by the time I got Prince ready and was leading him out of the stable, I wanted to throw back my head and howl.

“You ride to the clearing and show me the work you’ve been doing,” he said quietly. Then he shifted and started running for the clearing.

Prince’s head went up and his nostrils flared, but I’d been working with him—shifting around him a lot, even on his back, so he’d get used to it.

When he snorted, but didn’t shy away, my father reached for me through the link.

‘That’s good work, Casimir.’

I just about howled then. I was killing it today!

I mounted Prince, springing into the saddle, and kicked him into a gallop to keep up with my father’s wolf.

We reached the clearing in just a minute or so, and I didn’t wait. When my father gave an order, you didn’t question, you just did it. So as soon as we got into that wide oval of grass in the middle of the trees, I started moving Prince through his paces, then showing my father the command