She'd poked along too slowly and lost sight of them. She opened one door and immediately saw it was a breeding room and quickly closed the door, another a tack room, and another, she thought was for storage. When she opened the door at the end of the hall, Carter looked up and smiled. She'd found them.

A young man was examining the cuts on the mare, cleaning the wounds and then bandaging. He slowly looked at Carter. "I know it looks like a bear took a swipe at her but that's not ...