Victor of Tucson - Chapter 22Book 3: : Night Conversations

... sed him the day before, suggesting they keep riding for a day, insisting she needed little rest, and neither did Uvu, her mount. Thistle had seemed fine, so Victor had shrugged and agreed, and though they stopped several times to feed and water the animals, this was the first time they’d stopped to sleep. Thistle was huffing and more tired than Victor had ever seen him, but he seemed good—like you might imagine a horse would be after a hard day of travel.

“Uvu knows better,” Valla said, ...