Enjoying Uncle Aquila's garden with the wolf cub, Marcus is surprised to see a slender girl of about thirteen peering over the hedge. Her face is pointed like a fox, and she greets Marcus in stilted Latin. Her name is Cottia, and her father was a horse breeder of the Iceni. He was killed while breaking a young stallion. When her mother remarried, she sent Cottia to live with her childless aunt and uncle. Her aunt and uncle are pretentious and try to make Cottia act like a Roman maiden, even having her speak Latin at home and calling her Camilla. Like Marcus, Cottia has fond childhood memories of the family farm. She longs to be in a place where she can acknowledge her proud Iceni heritage. Cottia makes friends.....
