The day Ciara crept out of the stable's dank, stinking drain and met the king's unicorns, she was struck by their enormous size and peculiar splendour. Defying her brother, Oliver, she found gentleness in the company of these formidable giants. Ciara believed King Ayrius' stable to be a place of great wonder, but Oliver knew the truth. He had seen how the unicorns suffered, he had suffered with them, and, in stolen moments of solitude, they had comforted...