The Auction Trilogy

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

The girl beckoned from her small, white mare, enticing me to join her in an exhilarating run across silent pastures. Long-dead cattle chewed contentedly on their cud. I coaxed Harvey to jump over a fence and raced after her through bush and fields, relishing the solidity of my horse between my thighs. The girl led me to spot near the river where a cluster of rocks jutted out of the soil like ancient sentries standing guard.

I dismounted and stared at the faint, grey marks which adorned the boulders. The petroglyphs had eroded to the point I could just barely make them out, but they depicted a man chasing animals. To one side a tall, slender Mimi figure danced beside a fire, inviting the man to come and roast his meat. The girl on the white pony pointed at the Mimi, and then sh