Against the Odds

The thunder of hooves on the ground drowned out the wind and thunder that battered horse and rider. The heavy beast ate up the wet earth and muck as if the cold and rain could not touch it. Its every breath was as ragged and labored as its rider. Streaks of lightening illuminated the pair in bursts, and then left horse and rider both blind and lost in the wet and the dark before another flash of violet light split the sky.