Chapter 114
February: 3,389 BC
Earth: Village of Assur
MIKHAIL
He buried them at sunrise in a single grave, hands clasped together in death as they’d always been in life, his two longest feathers placed lovingly in each one of their hands. He searched the village, but he could find no sign of Zhila’s spear, so he asked the Chief for his best spear. He buried it between them so Zhila could catch her husband’s eye and protect her sister in the next world just as she had done in this one.
He knelt beside the grave, wings held low, and nobody bothered him as they buried their own dead. Out of all the people killed, Yalda and Zhila were the only non-combatants. Why kill two helpless old women? Shay'tan was a brutal oppressor, but the old dragon had rules, and killing the elderly wasn't usu
