Movement on the opposite side of the roof drew their attention. An arm reached up, and then pulled itself over, his shawl still smoldering and filled with sparks.
"Ebad!"
She almost knocked him down as first she hugged him, and then she pounded upon his back to put the fire out.
Ebad turned to help up three more men. Firouz held up four fingers. Ebad shook his head 'no' and held up three. Both men bowed their heads, along with the other sentries. They'd lost one, who? The men gripped arms, and then turned to stare at what was left of the two houses on either side of the southern gate, both totally destroyed, just like Jamin had done to Nineveh.
Tears streamed down her cheeks as she watched their outer wall burn. They waited for the sky canoes to single out the rest of the elite warrior
