A new light hit my face. The light was warm and welcoming and it made me open my eyes slowly. I saw blurry shapes as I looked around the room. Despite the dark walls so the room felt relatively bright, when my eyes brightened up a bit so I added extra noticed a picture with a heart-shaped flower. I looked around the room and in front of me sat a woman in a red dress with red curly hair. She looked at me with a smile and leaned against me.
- "What a joy to see you awake Emma" Elizabeth leaned back against the rocking chair and rocked it slightly. In her hand she held in an embroidery and embroidered on something I could not see.
- "What happened?" I did not recognize my own voice. It was hoarse and it hurt to talk. I brought my hand to his neck and started coughing heavily. Elisabeth put down the embroidery and hurried forward with a cup of ice cold water. I drank the cold water that cooled down my sore throat. It did me good.

- "You and Derek was close to death, so to speak," began Elizabeth when she sat back in the rocking chair and proceeded to the embroidery. - "They were just pure luck that I and Avalon came in time. Derek escaped with only a broken rib and recovered a little faster than you., You were just seconds away from falling asleep for good but with Avalon and my magic, we succeeded create such a bright light that Mr. Kembell and his men blinded every moment. After that, Avalon put a spell over the men so their memories were erased. How far back until they will not bother us any more time, least of all you! "
I lay down in bed again. I felt on my shoulder which was heavily bandaged and the pain was almost gone.
- "How do you know they'll forget?" I wondered. - "A spell is not in the long run!" I said as I looked up at the ceiling.
- "A spell that can not break so easily Emma, it will take a lot to get them to remember." Elizabeth glanced up from the embroidery and looked at me.

The door to my room opened and Derek arrived. He stopped in the doorway when he saw that I was awake. I smiled when I saw him, but he gave me no smile in return.
- "Will she remember everything?" He asked Elisabeth.
- "Maybe you should ask her, she can answer all by yourself." Elisabeth got up from his chair and walked past Derek. I could see how they both stared at each other for a brief second. I could see that they did not like each other. When Elisabeth disappeared down the stairs as Derek came in and closed the door behind him and sat on the edge of the bed.
- "You do not want me to remember what happened!" I said hoarsely, and coughed.
- "Do not talk more than necessary Emma. Saving your voice so it can heal properly." Said Derek short. He looked down at his hands which were tied together. He turned his face towards me. The face every emaciated and tired. Dark circles under his eyes suggested poor sleep.

- "Guess I should tell you what happened and why you each embroiled in this. Did not mean it to happen. But Gold Spurs farms have always been in Mr. Kembell estate and my grandfather, Jacob, has for years tried to buy off the farms, but for the price that Mr. Kembell had given him, was so ridiculously high that we had to be content to rent farms. When I was young, I left the farm and started working all over the place to save money to buy off farms from Mr. Kembell. "Derek took a deep breath before he continued. - "That's why I moved to Germany and worked as a horse trainer in an Older burger stud and I made good money, but not enough to raise the money needed for the farms. So then I did a stupid thing when I was younger and I started working black at Mr. Kembell., I pretended to be someone older workers with beards just to get the money together. Yet it was not long and some of the men came to me and started beating me hard and it was after that the extortion were started and Mr. Kembell had already problems with you and you always put you in his business. "

He hid his face in his hands and tried to hold back tears.
- "Dark Shadow was purchased over a year ago that I would train her in a bad way and then sell her to you for a lousy low price. Mostly so you would get hurt when you rode her. Mr. Kembell created pretend altercation with me in the stable at the farm just as you came in, and he knew that you would fall for her and buy her., she would never end up with Mr. Kembell., you jumped at the bait and all in all we had a spy with you to see how everything went. Kembell Alicia. "He laughed and clenched his fists. - "She photographed and filmed all the wrong that happened between you and Sasha, until one of your friends made you start with Horsemanship and Sasha where a new horse. This was when I was ordered to take with you on a" walk "to overtake you and take you to Mr. Kembells base. where would they keep you locked up until his business was quite clear. "He took a deep breath again.

- "Sasha ran away from me, of course, when I would catch her after you become sedated. However, I could not let Mr. Kembell receive her., I called a colleague who came and picked her up, after Loretta got hold of her when she was running around in Moorland., I did so, for that Sasha would get it as good as possible and not feel regret. "He turned towards me and his eyes were glossy. - "When I came home to Jacob's farm, he must have realized what had happened, Gold Spurs Farms always have extra ears and someone had heard the conversation I had had with Mr. Kembell several months before., I realized that I was a fool that I exposed your life in danger to save my own. "

I listened. To hear how everything had happened, I did not really know how to answer. Tears welled up in my eyes and spilled over and down my cheeks.

- "And to see you, lie on the grass, I felt a piece of my heart broke and I realized then that my feelings for you had been developed., I had ruined your life and thought I saved my own." I sat up using my right, good arm and put my arms around him and Derek threw his arms around me. Tears continued to flow down my cheeks and I could not control myself and cried on his shoulder.
I knew something was wrong, but that it would be this bad, I would never have imagined. I held him a long time and the minutes ticked and without that we let go of each other.
Given these months that we spent together, our feelings for each other developed into something else. But none of us could say anything to each other, but we continued to hang out as friends.

There was a knock on the door. I let go of Derek and laid me down on the bed and began to feel dizzy. The pain in my shoulder came back slowly and I began to feel tired.
In through the door came both Chiara and Loretta. I managed to smile again, until I felt how I fell asleep. The last I heard was how someone shouted after Elisabeth and I could feel all relieved from my heavy shoulders.

A few weeks later:
I sat on a hay ball outside the stables at the winery with an umbrella over me. Godfrey had canceled their holiday and stayed at the Vineyard for taking care of me. Baroness orders.
Chiara had moved home to the vineyard again with all their horses to help me with the heavy work that Godfrey could not help me with. However, I had protested for not letting Godfrey cancel their holiday only to come and help me, but as the butler and assistant he was, he came more than happy.

Now, I was sitting outside the stables at the winery and watched as Chiara trained Horsemanship with Madness, that did not seem quite understand what he would do. I got lot of good laughs when I looked at their work and that she repeatedly got a good mind to give up. She had also tried to take Sasha on Horsemanship training for Madness would see and learn. It did not work, he was more interested in Sasha, but to see how he would behave.
- "Would you like some more lemonade?" Godfrey asked me.
- "No, thanks, but you can go home Godfrey, you do not have to stand here with me. Moreover, it is an exceedingly hot day. Go home and enjoy, see you next week instead."
- "Are you quite sure Miss?" I nodded.
- "Yes, I'm sure! Go home!" Godfrey thanked for my kindness and put the umbrella in hand, and started walking to the car.

Chiara came back and sat down with me after she left Madness in summer pasture. She was sweaty after working in the heat. She drank the glass of ice cold lemonade.
- "I think it becomes castration on that idiot!" She muttered, and closed his eyes.
- "As I have said all these years?" She glanced at me with an open eye and smiled.
- "Yes, I think I'll take your good advice and castrate him, if nothing else, maybe he will be calmer!"
- "Or even worse," I said.
- "Now you be nice or I so I empty the cold water on you!" I laughed at her.

She sat perfectly straight up when her phone gave a tinkling sound. She picked it up and unfolded the screen and looked at it and smiled.
- "How about a ride to golden ridge?" She asked, turning her face towards me.
- "Eh!" I said, pointing at my wrapped arm and shoulder.
- "But we can harness Lion and run!" She hurried off to one of the pastures and whistled after Lion.
It did not take long to harness Lion and then get away from the vineyard and to golden ridge. However, we had to take a big detour to get past the destroyed bridge.
I could not understand what she got the idea that we should go to Gyllen ridge valley such a hot day. Chiara started talking to about everything, it all sounded incomprehensible.

It had been several weeks since the incident with Mr. Kembell and his men, and despite it, I still had nightmares and had trouble sleeping at night. I only listened with half an ear while the carriage dared me slowly to sleep.
I was awakened by the Chiara poked at me and I opened my eyes. We were on the beach behind Gylle ridge stables and a sailor were sitting in a row boat and motioned for me. I looked at Chiara who smiled and nodded in agreement.
- "I ride to the village and helps Ferdinand with a little work you can take it easy for a while and enjoy a little bit." She helped me and walked with me to the boat.
The sailor helped me into the boat and started to row with me to the other side of the beach and helped me off.
- "I hope you can find your way up, but if not, follow the torches!" He smiled and sat down in the boat with a book in hand.

I turned around and looked around at the beach, bit my lip nervously. Follow the torches then. What have Chiara planned for me?