Chapter 58
November, 3,390 BC
Earth: Outside Village of Assur
Angelic Special Forces Colonel Mikhail Mannuki'ili
MIKHAIL
Trust Issues 101: Do not talk to women at the well. He'd started thinking of them as lessons, how not to antagonize the whole bucket load of insecurities Ninsianna had sprouted ever since Shahla had falsely accused him of laying down with her. Drawing water was a woman's work, Ninsianna insisted. Why not let her do it.
No! He'd rot in Hades before he'd let his pregnant wife haul heavy buckets of water. The trouble had all started when he'd given Shahla a hands-up on his way home from the well, so he'd learned to stand firm, to fend of the barbarian hoards that came up to him asking nefarious questions, such as 'Mikhail, how are you,' or 'has Ninsianna's morning sic
