Safe wings

Chapter 16:

I wake up to the sound of someone walking through the barn. Trigger stomps and I sit up and lean my back against the stall wall. "Alyssa?" someone says.

I look up to see a boy with blonde brown curls like Lucas and I glance up his eyes are green, that's the only difference.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Trevor Pierce. Lucas was looking for you... He's really upset he is riding through the woods looking for you something about crazed stallion probobly killed you."

"Oh. My. God. He thinks trigger, my overprotective, untrained, stallion that I ran away on yesterday is still in the woods with me."

"Ummmm..."

"Bye! I'll find him don't worry!" I say grabbing the lead rope from the hook in Triggers stall. I attach it to his halter and jump on his back.

Trevor tries to steady me when I am getting my balance but trigger tries to bite him.

"Sorry meet trigger my wild stallion!" I say as I kick him and he races out of the barn. He runs through the woods. I pull him to a stop when I see tracks and then Lucas's horse on the other side of the river. I look frantically around until I see a limp body on the shore downstream with blood mingling with the water.

"Oh my god." I say. I kick trigger and he runs downstream. I yank the rope back and slide off of his back. I kneel beside Lucas's body and shake him.

"Don't touch me please! it hurts so bad!" he says in a raspy voice.

"Lucas are you okay? Where is all the blood from?"

"My leg. Alyssa get out of here"

"No!" I see his leg had been stabbed.

"Lucas what stabbed you?"

"I don't remember but get out it's dangerous please just run."

"You should listen to the boy." A mans voice says. I shiver.

How did he get out of jail?

"Why would you hurt him?"

"To get my daughter back."

"Fine just let me get help for Lucas then you can have me do whatever you want please!" I scream.

"No!" he says. He moves towards me and I see Lucas move his hand to his hip. I see the knife on Lucas's belt loop. I yank it out and hold it in front of me.

"Aww look who thinks she's crocodile dun dee." my dad taunts. He swiftly moves and picks me up making me drop my knife.

"TRIGGER!" I scream. My horse wheels around and bolts at my dad. He knocks us both down and I feel a sharp pain in my side. I huff and then crawl away as my horse shoves send another sharp blow into my dad's back. I crawl to Lucas's side.

"Where's your phone?"

"In my pocket."

"Get it" he hands me his phone and I call Austin.

"Trigger" I say then whistle sharply. He leaves my dad with one last kick and then trots to my side.

I pull Lucas up and then motion for trigger to lay down. He bows down and Lucas crawls to his back.

"Go Lucas get me help." I say then kiss his cheek. I slap trigger and say "home." the horse raises his head and then trots home. I look at my father and find my knife.

I yank it up and then hold it at my dad.

"Leave me alone and don't come back because next time that horse will kill you." I hiss.

"Oh it's not me that will come back it's just your best friend."

"What?"

"Your mummy dearest stabbed your boyfriend. And next time it won't be me coming for you." he says then a jeep pulls up and he crawls in. I see my mom in the passenger seat. they begin to drive off when I throw my knife hitting father in the knee with it. They race off as Trevor rides up.

"Are you okay?" he asks.

"It's them. They are back. She hurt Lucas. I will kill them." I hiss.

"Shh it's okay. My brother sent me to get you. he said you got slammed to the ground. He won't let us take him to the hospital until he sees you."

"Lucas is your brother?" I ask.

"Yeah" As I stand up and try to enter the river to get Myra, Lucas's horse, I wince as I see my blood mingling with Lucas's blood in the water. The top of my boot is cut open with blood seeping through the leather. My side is burning with heated pain.

I fall.

Trevor lifts me up. "here you ride Yoda home I'll get Myra. Lucas needs to see you." he says. I nod as he picks me up into Yoda's saddle. My body is numb as I process what happened.

He slaps Yoda and I ride home. When I get in I see Lucas slumped in the backseat of the truck. I jump off Yoda only to be reunited with the burning pain in my foot and side. I collapse in the ground and Josh runs and picks me up.

"Alyssa." he says.

"Take me to Lucas then get him to the hospital now!" I say. Josh carries me and puts me in the back seat. Lucas turns and sits facing up front. I move to the middle as best as I can. He is in the passenger seat so I lean against his side.

"Are you okay?" he asks.

"Yeah I think. Are you okay Lucas? You have to be okay I'm so sorry this is all my fault." I say.

Lucas bends down and kisses my forehead "yes I'm okay and all that matters is we are still here. We are gonna go to the hospital and get fixed up then we can sit on the couch and have a movie night okay?" he asks. I nod then wrap my arms around his neck. My foot is still bleeding and the blood on his leg is dried up.