Shira - Chapter One

Shira Loesdotter sat on a on a large granite rock, overlooking the valley. Below her was a small city surrounded by patchwork fields. Dark dots walked slowly through the fields. Some were kine, a small cow about the size of a goat, and some were horses.

She sighed. Shira’s long legs hung over the rock. In the distance she could see the tent city of the A…