Chapter 144 - Struggle for Survival

With wild recklessness, the horse dashed over the grounds. The world blurred around Luna Celeste as she clung on for dear life, her heart racing in her chest. The wind whipped through her hair as the stables and estate walls hurried by, the intensity of the horse's gallop rattling her bones. Her soldiers, who were positioned close by, witnessed the mayhem and hurried to stop the horse, but it was moving too quickly. It leaped over barriers in its path as it charged for the estate's entrance. With its hooves hammering the ground like a drum, the horse charged for the gate, a speed that Luna Celeste could only cling on to. “Close the gates! Close the gates!” her men yelled to the estate's entrance guards. Then she saw it, as if time had stopped. It was a huge arrow, blazing in the faint light, flying through the air. With deadly accuracy, the arrow penetrated the horse's skull in the head, ending the wild animal's run with a sudden and forceful crash. The horse fell forward in m