Chapter 11
September 3,390 BC
Earth: Village of Assur
SHAHLA
Best friend of Firouz and one of the better warriors in Assur, most people thought of Dadbeh as a prankster. Lanky and short, with mismatched eyes in two different shades of brown and a hawkish nose which had been broken once during a kabbadi game, he was no woman's idea of a dream man. Perhaps if his family had money? Perhaps then Shahla wouldn't be so hesitant to tell him he was going to be a father. Maybe. Maybe he was going to be a father. Unfortunately, she wasn't sure who the father was. But of one thing she was certain.
It wasn't Jamin…
"Why do you let him treat you thus?" Dadbeh asked.
Shahla turned away, her eyes pointed down at the ground beside him so she would not have to look him in the eye as she lied. She ti
