Chapter 16

• She kept her eyes from looking anywhere else but into Regina's. Her cheeks were beginning to feel hot and it wasn't due to the nerves of riding an animal the size of a bear.
• This didn't go unnoticed by Regina as she placed her hands against the girl's shoulders in a gentle manner. "There you go. Much better." She smiled, brushing back a strand of long blonde hair behind her ear. "I wouldn't want you to fall off Rocky because you couldn't see where you were going."
• "Thank you," Sophia heard herself murmuring, her throat feeling so dry as she gulped down the dry lump inside of her throat.