Sophie wakes up in the middle of the night as planned and sneaks out of the room. She doesn’t need to take any of the things she brought with her, but she slips one of Rick’s shirts over her body should she run into someone on her way downstairs. But she’s lucky and nobody is awake. She leaves the house and ducks behind a corner when she hears one of the guards coming.
Unfortunately, he keeps coming her way, and this forces her to seek a hiding spot in the stables! She hates horses. She’s always hated them! But she has no choice, and she opens one of the pens to hide inside, hoping the horse will keep quiet.
It’s one of the few things she hates about her magic. She has no power over animals. If he made a noise, she would have to just tell whoever was coming that she couldn’t sleep and wa
