The village was like many she had visited in her young life, and she took some comfort in that familiarity, but the pillar of smoke was unavoidable and filled her with a strange sense of dread. Still, as she approached the settlement she did not detect any obvious hostility from the people she passed. Like most would do with any approaching stranger, they eyed her anxiously, but let her pass unimpeded. Her horse attracted some stares, not surprising given the expense of buying and feeding a pack animal. As she climbed down from her horse and began to lead it by the reins, she felt flushed with an unfamiliar self-consciousness – the embarrassment of affluence.
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen
The village was like many she had visited in her young life, and she took some comfort in that familiarity, but the pillar of smoke was unavoidable and filled her with a strange sense of dread. Still, as she approached the settlement she did not detect any obvious hostility from the people she passed. Like most would do with any approaching stranger, they eyed her anxiously, but let her pass unimpeded. Her horse attracted some stares, not surprising given the expense of buying and feeding a pack animal. As she climbed down from her horse and began to lead it by the reins, she felt flushed with an unfamiliar self-consciousness – the embarrassment of affluence.