All Chapters of Searching the Wild Lovely West: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

She took a swig of whiskey, the sour yet warm sensation burned the back of her throat but she played no mind. Chips of black, red, and green stared at her. Air of heavy cigarette smoke, drunken conversations, and mid-afternoon tangos surrounded everyone in the parlour."Your turn, Cody," His breath smelled of stale cigarettes

"What the Hell is wrong with you?" Thomas yelled over the roaring wind as he gripped the reins of his buckskin mustang who went by the name of Trotter."Save your speech, Tom," She yelled back. Her blue roan mustang, Mist

“They almost tore ya’ to shreds, Ms.Young…” Cassidy blinked as Dodge explained how last night's events folded out. She sat on a tree stump, Dodge stood nearby with a glass of whiskey in one hand and a handkerchief in the other. Mateo, who was still asleep, snoring gently. His tan face bloody and bruised, he risked so much for someone he hardly even knew - just because she showed him a small dash of kindness.   Thomas chatted quietly with Ade and Wayne, explaining his own backstory with many details left out.    “How did you find us? What were you doin’ out here?”   Dodge chuckled, shook his head, and ran a hand through his black curls, the whiskey in his hand almost gone. Cassidy finished her water and bread, before wiping her hands of the caked on blood with a nearby r

“Misty,” Cassidy smiled as she tightened the saddle bags, Mateo on the other side of Misty doing the same thing. Above them as the sun shined, a buzzard flew south. Her blonde hair still wet from the small, cold bath she took in the river.  “She's quite the biter,” Mateo laughed, gently pushing Misty’s black and white speckled nose, her blue roan coat shimmering. Pushing his hand into his pocket, Mateo fished out a small apple and fed it to Misty as a small treat. “I was saving it for later, but I think Misty needs it more than I do,”  “Mateo…” She sighed, looking over her saddle to him, meeting his brown eyes and messy black hair. “About Thomas…” He sighed as well, running a hand on Mi

Dodge bit back his shock as Cassidy held her hand out, full of clumps of emerald grass, for Miles who happily took the grass without complaining and without biting her; Misty stood next to Cassidy and nudged her nose into her owner's shoulder for her share. Cassidy chuckled silently, making Dodge’s heart skip a beat momentarily, but obliged and let Misty eat the rest.  “I thought he was a biter,” Ade spoke, eyeing the blonde girl who was now plucking up more grass as the horses seemed to only eat if they were hand-fed.  Ade and the other three had joined Dodge and Cassidy shortly after midafternoon before the group made their way slowly to a small spot just outside of a tiny town, Thomas instantly dragged Wayne to the local church to repent both their sins, and Mateo flopped onto a mattress of grass before