Chapter 55
November – 3,390 BC
Earth: Village of Assur
Colonel Mikhail Mannuki'ili
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Present day…
MIKHAIL
Mikhail fought to keep out the daylight, to slay it, smite it; hang onto these precious moments when the brightening dawn caused him to awaken before the goddess in his arms. Although he could not remember his past, deep in his heart he knew that never in his life had he been so happy as he felt each morning before the first rays of sunlight rose above the horizon.
He buried his nose into her dark brown hair; her scent so intoxicating it was like a drug. His. She was his. And for so long as he lived, and for eternity thereafter, he would be her husband, and she his wife, for that was the way of his people. Although he could not remember this, he knew this was the way things wer
