Jessica gulped down a cup of coffee and decided to go for an early morning ride before grabbing some breakfast at the cafe. She pulled on her jacket and headed next door to the stables. She slipped in, shushing the horses softly, trying not to wake Monty who slept in a room built of the loft. She grabbed Bellisario's bridle and slipped it on the stallion who was already dancing with anticipation. She led him out of the stall and out of the barn, vaulting up onto his bare back out in the street. She held the stallion to a dancing walk until she reached the edge of town where she easily urged the stallion into a gallop. She relished the feeling of freedom and the wind in her hair. Several miles from town, she halted Bellisario at the top of a hill just as the sun burst up over the horizon.