Chapter 80
February: 3,389 BC
Earth: Uruk Territory
GITA
Avoiding detection by the roving bands of Uruk who searched for Tizqar, son of Zamub, chief of the village of Akshak, wasn't easy this deep into Uruk territory, especially since they were unfamiliar with the landscape. Gita finally gagged the man to cease his threats using a strip torn from his own, elaborate robe. Only the fact the desert was flush with moisture from the winter rains prevented them from dying of thirst. Tizqar glared at them with dark, hateful eyes.
Gita pressed the point of her blade into the Uruk mercenary's throat.
"I will release your gag so you can eat and drink some food," Gita said. "But if you cry out, I shall cut your throat. Do you understand?"
Tizqar nodded. After he had tried to escape the second
