Life with the Greice family had made Camelia profoundly aware of her own weakness. She couldn't even break free from the magical restraint of a house-elf, let alone contend with the other members of the Greice family.
She felt as though her inner self was a bottomless, insatiable troll. Only by becoming strong could she escape all of this, she told herself. Moreover, as she grew older, she seemed able to feel the growth of that power slowly pushing her body beyond its limits, even threatening to gradually devour her own magic.
*No,* Camelia thought. *No, she wouldn't be consumed like this by a power within her body that she could not control.*
Chapter 36