8 Her horse

She changed to one of the male set robes. She looked like a young master, stoic and beautiful. They made their way to the horse market. They entered the biggest one and as Xin Huo was with her, they welcomed them warmly.

Trade were many stalls with horses. Purebloods, half-bloods and mix types of blood. There were even some wild horses, there were only three in the history that could take them. One of them was late emperor and after him was no one.

That race was very majestic and proud. They chose their masters and not the other way around.

That was the race Lou liked the most. No one could control their lives and that was what did make Lou respect them. She thought that they weren't only stupid animals that follows everything and were intelligent like people.

Xin Huo was looking for a pure-bread for her and chose one that he liked. Lou saw that it was him that chooses and pouted. 'Mph, first he says I chose and then he does it himself'.

She couldn't take it and walked away. As she made her way out she again saw the wild horses. She paused to look at them and was automatically lost in thoughts.

After a while …

Xin Huo realized Lou wasn't there and started looking for his little girl. After some minutes he found her, but to his surprise, she wasn't alone. Many people gathered to look at what was happening, and it was that a small girl was dazing out before wild horses.

She wasn't noticing anything or anyone, and a horse was tugging her sleeve for attention.

"Lou!" angry voice woke her up from a daze and was it was her brother Huo. He finally remembered of her existence. When she remembered she looked away and pouted, at the same time realizing her sleeve was tired by a horse.

"Hello there, boy" she greeted the horse and started patting his head. Everyone was stunned, even Xin Huo. Who would have thought that she could take a wild horse?

The horse was grey with black mane and tail. Its eyes were black and deep like the deepest part of the sea. Lou liked it and wanted to take him with her.

Xin Huo woke up from the daze and approached Lou. "Sorry, I forgot that it is you that was going to chose and not me."

She could hear that he was sorry. "It's okay now, and I want him!" she pointed at the horse before her.

"Okay" was a simple one-word reply.

…

On the way back to camp with many clothes and a horse he asked Lou, "Do you know how to name him?"

"Ash" almost an immediate reply from her. She already knew what to name him the first time she saw him.

"It's a good name for your horse"

'Her horse' these words made her incredibly happy and she had a big smile on her face.