Chapter 46
May – 3,390 BC
Earth: Village of Assur
Colonel Mikhail Mannuki’ili
MIKHAIL
Mikhail crouched, ready to fly, but his still-broken wing sent a stab of agony into his axillary muscles.
"Get the weapons!" Jamin shouted.
The warriors rushed between him and Ninsianna. The goat bleated in terror. He reached for the pulse pistol that should be affixed to his hip…
…Ninsianna fumbled it out of her belt.
"Step back!" she shrieked.
She clicked off the safety, the way she'd seen him do thousands of times as he'd practiced quick-drawing. There was just one problem…
…the near-depleted power cartridge sat in his thigh pocket.
Jamin froze with his spear raised over his head, aimed at his real adversary … him.
"You don't know how to use it!" he taunted his ex-fiancé.
"Watch me—" her
