They were not horses. Rhea referred to them as roan, and they most resembled animals called antelope that Cas had seen in a book once. But they were not native to Kethra, and she had never seen one in real life. Surely they were not normally this large? They towered over her, so tall that she worried she wouldn’t be able to hoist herself onto one’s back without assistance. Their fur was reddish-brown, their eyes, a shimmering shade of coal—as dark as the curved horns on their heads. They wore thin armor coated with a rubbery material that was meant to absorb lightning, as well as strangely
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