Alone and Afraid

“Mama and I used to hire horses when we were on our holidays together, but they were not very good ones and usually came from livery stables, where they were worked too hard and not fed properly.”

‘Damn Gerald!’ he cursed. ‘Why can I not have fun like other men and be as irresponsible as they are?’

He knew the answer was that he took his position in life very seriously and part of that involved being Head of the Elke family and being a father figure to Kitrina.