Reborn: The Tyrant's Obsession novel Chapter 335

Chapter 335: In the woods

With every ounce of her strength, Ella prepared to pull the reins.

Just then, the thunder of hooves cut through her determination.

She turned around on instinct.

Another horse, tall and dark, and extremely familiar appeared in her view.

Riding the horse, Adrian moved like he owned the space between the trees, with absolute control of a man who made choices and the world obeyed.

He closed the distance in a few seconds. For a moment, the two horses moved parallely.

Then, his gloved hand shot out and closed on her rein and on her wrist that gripped it.

When Adrian leaned over, Ella’s eyes widened at the realization of what he was about to do, "Wait, don’t..."

"Hold on," Adrian said, voice low and clipped.

The two horses closed in and in the next moment, Ella felt a weight behind her as Adrian moved to the white the horse.

The white horse bucked and skidded under the weight of another person. Adrian’s other arm came around her waist, anchoring her against the motion.

He hauled the horse’s head hard and his fingers moved over the horse’s mane in an uniform motion.

The animal obeyed slowly. Dust sprayed and leaves fell in a scatter as Adrian whipped the white horse around.

The black horse followed them in silence, as Ella could tell from the approaching sound of the hooves.

Adrian’s familiar fragrance hit her senses and Ella’s anxious heart slowly settled down.

"Adrian..." Ella softly called out to him, remembering his icy face from before.

However, after a long while, there was no response from the man.

She blinked up at him.

He met her gaze with a look that had no softness, only restrained fury and an undisguised care.

"Don’t do that again," he coldly said, reprimand threaded with something that made her insides go soft.

Ella also felt a little guilty, "I didn’t..."

"If you jumped, you wouldn’t survive the fall. If you pulled on the reins, you’d have been thrown off the horse," He drew her closer into his chest as he laid out all her plans from before.

Ella clung to him, "It’s not like I wanted to... If it went to the road, there could have been accidents so I..."

The white horse gave a sudden stagger, nearly sinking at the knees.

Ella’s head whipped around, alarm flashing in her eyes.

"Wait—" she barely got the word out before Adrian swung them both off the horse with fluid strength, landing on solid ground without flinching.

The white horse stood trembling, sides heaving, its body slick with sweat.

Ella frowned, her breath was still shaky from earlier.

After the incident earlier, she just thought that the horse was about to go berserk again.

But now it seemed like...

Ella squinted, "He is weak..."

As if her words were a cue, the white horse slumped on the ground.

Adrian didn’t answer. His jaw was tight, his eyes darker than usual.

Realizing that Adrian was giving her cold shoulders, Ella felt a little helpless.

Earlier, she hadn’t wanted to risk her life. She had planned to jump off the horse safely at first.

But things didn’t go as per her expectations. When the horse surged toward the road, she had just acted on instinct, not thinking about the risks involved in it.

But like Adrian said... If the horse threw her off violently, then she wouldn’t probably survive the fall.

Now, sensing the man’s silence, she knew he probably hated her guts for risking her life like that.

Ella’s eyes darted instinctively to the black horse standing nearby.

She forced her lips into a small curve, attempting to lighten the mood. "We can take Blackie to head back... and then we will send someone to bring Whitie back."

Still no response.

Ella was about to ask if her idea wasn’t feasible but her words stilled in her throat.

Her gaze fell on the black horse’s hind leg. A thin sheen of crimson streaked down the dark fur, pooling on the ground around its leg.

Her eyes widened, "It’s hurt."

She took a step closer to the horse, "It... it can’t carry us back, can it?"

No wonder it had fallen back in pace while following them earlier.

It was already surprising that Adrian managed to chase up to her with the injured horse.

Adrian’s voice was steady, "It’s injured."

Adrian’s hand closed around her wrist. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

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