Chapter 148
August - 3,390 BC
Earth: Village of Assur
JAMIN
They'd gotten stuck with the three Margian women after the Amorites had double-crossed him and Pareesa had dragged them back to their village. They were alien in appearance, with far darker hair than even his wavy black lion's mane and beard, with an odd manner of dress, pale amber skin, and peculiarly-shaped dark eyes. Since nobody knew where this mythological "great, grassy plain" that the women described was, he'd been assigned to babysit the unwanted guests until his father could figure out how to send them home.
His father's housekeeper, Urda, a dour old woman with a cantankerous disposition, laid out a simple lunch of flat bread, mashed lentils flavored with garlic and oil, assorted fruits and a pot of cool herbal tea.
