Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
Talia is not like normal 13-year-old girls. She likes to read adventure stories and she fantasizes about being a Herald for the queen of Valdemar. She does not want to get married to one of the dreary men in her patriarchal village. So, when a Companion — one of the blue-eyed white horses who belongs to a Herald — shows up without a rider, Talia is happy to help him find his way home and stunned to learn that she’s been chosen to be trained as a Herald at the academy.
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Maybe you saw it on TCM, Marion, as I did....
I started off thinking I want to see this (and I still do) but as I read your plot summary…
COMMENT Very glad that you're as excited about it as I am, Marion! 😱👻🎃👹🧟🧛🕷️🦇 🕸️⚰️
Oh ,hurray! Hurray, hurray! It's Shocktober!
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