Star of Cursrah
Star of Cursrah
“growled Samira Amenstar to the cavalry captain. “Striking royalty comes at the cost of the offending hand … and then your head.”
The lean, dark captain hammered her lips into a tight white line. After four hours’ rideand endless grumbled threats from Amenstarthe cavalry and their captives entered the hills northeast of Cursrah. Before them unfolded a city of tents. Foot soldiers and horse troopers marched and galloped hither and yon. Scores of slaves chopped, baked, and dished food onto long ...plank tables.
“What are they up to?” murmured Gheqet.
Tafir nodded to an open-air workshop. Dozens of slaves repaired and manufactured shovels, pickaxes, mattocks, and crowbars. Slave children wove rushes into baskets heaped up like winter apples.
“Hundreds of hand tools and baskets to carry dirt,” the architect’s apprentice said. “There must be some kind of excavation going on nearby.”
“Make way. Prisoners for questioning,” bellowed their escort.
Slaves and soldiers sidestepped.MoreLess
The lean, dark captain hammered her lips into a tight white line. After four hours’ rideand endless grumbled threats from Amenstarthe cavalry and their captives entered the hills northeast of Cursrah. Before them unfolded a city of tents. Foot soldiers and horse troopers marched and galloped hither and yon. Scores of slaves chopped, baked, and dished food onto long ...plank tables.
“What are they up to?” murmured Gheqet.
Tafir nodded to an open-air workshop. Dozens of slaves repaired and manufactured shovels, pickaxes, mattocks, and crowbars. Slave children wove rushes into baskets heaped up like winter apples.
“Hundreds of hand tools and baskets to carry dirt,” the architect’s apprentice said. “There must be some kind of excavation going on nearby.”
“Make way. Prisoners for questioning,” bellowed their escort.
Slaves and soldiers sidestepped.MoreLess
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