Dragon Clan #1: Camilla's Story

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Camilla watched the old woman from concealment behind the corner of a ramshackle outbuilding on the edge of the forest. Finally, after careful consideration, she stepped into the open. The woman looked up from her wash-barrel, surprise evident on her lined face. Her eyes quickly turned away from Camilla and roamed the clearing in front of her cabin, as if ensuring they were alone, before focusing on the visitor, again.

After a pause, she said, “Come here, boy. Let me get a better look at you.”

Camilla didn’t correct the washerwoman on mistaking her for a boy. Everyone else in the village also believed her to be a boy. The woman’s hands never paused in their work, wringing and rinsing the filthy clothing. The pots and tubs she used for boiling and washing clothing sat on sturdy tables made of split timber and were located in a row along the bank of the stream. Fires burned in stone rings under a few pots. Camilla had watched the woman from hidden shadows of the surrounding forest many times like she’d watched everyone in the village of Nettleton.

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