Dragon Clan #4: Gray's Story

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High above the entrance to a hidden valley, Gray spotted movement where there shouldn’t be any. His breathing slowed as his heart beat faster. The flat drylands spreading below the mesa left few places to hide. The animals eking out lives down there did so with minimal food, water, and shade. Most were small. It was uncommon to spot animals large enough to see at any distance.

Still, he had spotted a flash of movement. It was larger than a rabbit, although he hadn’t managed to identify it yet. His eyes roamed the same muted drab landscape he had watched for most of his life. He saw it again. A fleeting movement from one meager piece of cover to another, just a subtle shift in desert browns as something, or someone, changed position.

“See that?” he asked without turning his head.

Anna, the youngest and newest of the watchers remained still, not answering. They lay beside each other in the shade of a shallow lean-to built on a lip of stone at the edge of the mesa. The small structure protected watchers from the burning sun by providing shade. The sloped roof and a ring of the carefully placed brush in front also helped conceal them from below.

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