: Partners in the Saddle: Famous Duos and Their Four-Legged Companions. Key Points :
"You okay?" Ethan asked quietly. He didn't look up, keeping his eyes on the horse's coat.
Silas turned the key, and the engine coughed to life. He let the wipers swipe once, clearing the windshield. He looked over at the kid—no longer just a boy, but a man who had stood his ground.
Elias, on the left, had raised Coal from a foal. His hands were calloused from brushing that white coat until it shone like moonlight on a pond. He knew the way Coal’s left ear twitched before a storm, and the exact pressure the horse liked when scratching his withers. To Elias, Coal was memory made flesh: the ghost of a farm lost to debt, the last good thing from a life that had since turned to gravel and cheap whiskey.
