Chapter 84 February: 3,389 BC Earth: Village of Assur MIKHAIL It was dim in Varshab's house, the house of a bachelor, a house where had once lived a wife and several children, but now only he lived here. Mikhail squeezed the Chief's top enforcer's forearm. He glanced up at his mother-in-law, her expression grim. "There's nothing more I can do for him," Needa said. "Unless he finds a way to heal himself as you did, I fear he shall not last through the night." Pareesa pressed herself into his side and sniffled. His little fairy had refused to leave the elder warrior's side ever since he had been cut down by the lizards. "It's my fault," Pareesa sobbed. Moisture trailed down her cheeks as she buried her face into his chest. "He told us to stick together, but then I rushed ahead and was

