Authors: Terri Farley
Dark Sunshine (17 page)
Mikki tucked her hands behind her back. “I can't do that.”
“Sure you can. It's not magical, of course, butâ” Sam shrugged. “It stands for something.”
Mikki nodded. With shaking fingers, she took the bracelet and eased it over her wrist.
A stiff wind blew the scent of grass and horses and leaves turning harvest gold. Popcorn finished his run with the buckskin. He nickered and walked back toward the fence, and Mikki.
“I'll take really good care of it,” Mikki promised.
“That's good,” Sam said. “Maybe you can wear it when you come back next summer.”
“I will,” Mikki promised. “If you're sure.”
Sam smiled. Mikki was giving her one last chance to take the bracelet back.
“I'm sure,” Sam said, but she wasn't looking at Mikki. She was watching the Phantom float ever higher up a trail to the Calico Mountains. “I think I can make another.”
Terri Farley
has always loved horses. She left Los Angeles for the cowgirl state of Nevada after earning degrees in English and Journalism. Now she rides the range researching books and magazine articles on the West's people and animalsâespecially Nevada's controversial wild horses. She lives in a one-hundred-year-old house with her husband, children, and way too many pets.
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P
HANTOM
S
TALLION
series:
1
THE WILD ONE
2
MUSTANG MOON
3
DARK SUNSHINE
Cover art © 2002 by Greg Call
Cover © 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
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DARK SUNSHINE
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