Chapter 417

Nicholas had gone from second place to last in the second race, and he wasn't sure he could recover from it. He took the horse for a lap around the meadow and grumbled angrily, "Don't want to be the commander, huh? It's been a while since you rode on horseback? You could at least pretend to be rusty! Women are liars!" He then lashed out at Shaun and Samantha, "And don't even get me started on you two! You went on and on about how you didn't want to be the commander, but oh, you two were sly! You didn't have to make me put my guard down. If you wanted to be commander so badly, just say so!" Hera tried to explain, "Would you believe me if I said muscle memory kicked in after I took the horse for a couple of rounds?" Samantha piped up, "For the record, I really don't want to be the commander of the trip. I was only trying to catch up to Hera and didn't realize how fast I was going." "Curse my competitiveness," Shaun mused, clicking his tongue. He cast a thoughtful look at Bernard an