Chapter 96
Dear Lord: Lest I continue my complacent way,
Help me to remember, somehow out there
A man died for me today.
As long as there be war, I then must ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?
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—Eleanor Roosevelt
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MIKHAIL
Well before dawn, the warriors sneak out along different paths so we don't draw the attention of the surveillance drones. I don't have to tell them this. After more than a year of living beside the lizards, the Khetians know how to avoid attention.
After we eat breakfast, Balqis wanders over and stares up at me with her large, brown eyes. Marwan's family will sneak into the city before we do to make contact with one of his rescued women. I school my face into a stoic expression.
"Hello?" I say to Balqis.
She holds up her arms, waiting for me to pick her u
