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“Stupid animal.”
    The horse pulled against his strong hands
and Emily jumped at him, stepping between him and the horse, “Let
go.”
    Tank let go of the horse and stood inches
from Emily, looking down at her. He was so close she could feel the
anger radiating from him.
    “ You telling me what to do,
Tiny?”
    “ Yes I am, and if I ever
see you touch another horse with anything but soft respect, you’ll
have to deal with me,” she said, seething.
    Emily felt her feet leave the ground as the
heku picked her up by her arms and lifted her above his head.
    “ I don’t take orders from a
mortal,” he told her, and roughly shook her.
    “ Let go of me,” she said,
gritting her teeth.
    He dropped Emily and was immediately thrown
to the back of the barn by her guards. She felt the crack in her
ankle as she landed hard on the ground. She rolled onto her side
and grabbed her leg, screaming slightly at the pain. The sound of
the heku being torn apart by her guards could be heard throughout
the stables, and the other new guards came to see what
happened.
    They were immediately able to see the large
heku being taken apart and Emily lying on the ground in pain, her
foot at an abnormal angle to her leg. One of them knelt down by
her, being careful not to touch her.
    “ Lady Emily, are you
injured, other than your ankle?” he asked, watching her.
    Emily shook her head and groaned. The pain
in her leg was intense.
    “ What’s going on here?” she
heard Kyle snap. The seven cavalry members stood up, covered in
blood. Body parts of a heku were tossed into a pile in the
corner.
    He didn’t see Emily when he first walked up.
The six new recruits were crouched around her. As they parted, he
gasped and knelt beside her. She was gripping her leg and he saw
the break in her ankle.
    Kyle picked her up quickly and cringed when
she moaned in pain.
    He turned to the Cavalry, “Mark, Bill, Pat…
come with me… you other three get the horses put away and get this
cleaned up.”
    Kyle blurred into the palace, followed by
the three cavalry members. He set her down on the bed and looked at
her ankle. He could see a bone protruding against the skin and her
foot was swelling and bruising a dark blue.
    “ Mark, get Chevalier. Pat,
get the doctor,” he ordered.
    The doctor appeared in the room and his eyes
grew wide when he saw her ankle. He sat down quickly and pulled a
syringe from his bag, filling it with a clear liquid.
    “ What’s that?” Kyle
asked.
    “ Pain meds, we need to get
her to a hospital,” he said, quickly giving her the
shot.
    “ Why can’t we do this
here?” Kyle asked, surprised Emily didn’t complain about the shot.
He realized she was in too much pain to argue with the
doctor.
    “ I don’t have an x-ray
machine, and she may need surgery to re-set the bones. Then she’ll
need a cast and crutches.” He was feeling her foot for a
pulse.
    “ Pat, go get the helicopter
ready,” Kyle growled, and the heku ran off, almost running into
Chevalier, who was just coming through the door.
    “ What’s going on?”
Chevalier hissed as he saw the doctor and Kyle sitting on the bed.
He couldn’t see Emily behind them, but knew she was
injured.
    “ We’re taking her to the
city. She’s going to need surgery to fix that,” the doctor said,
standing up.
    Chevalier grew furious when he saw her
ankle. He growled and blurred to her side. Kyle stood up and
allowed the Elder to take his spot.
    “ Emily?” he asked, taking
her hand. He wiped the sweat from her forehead and cringed when she
didn’t respond.
    “ She’s medicated, I had to
stop the pain,” the doctor said, looking at Chevalier
nervously.
    “ What happened?” Chevalier
asked Kyle.
    Kyle turned to Bill, “Tell us.”
    The heku stepped forward, “It was one of the
recruits, Sir. We could tell from the start that he didn’t like
Lady Emily, and first thing, they got into a fight over his spurs.
He knocked her to the ground, and we were ready to kill