Summary

Revka slit the throats of the four soldiers to make sure they were dead, then tended to her daughter’s body, washing and wrapping it. Yoav cried and cursed when he came back to find what had happened. She was afraid he would run off into the desert, but she needed him to help her get her grandsons to safety. When she went for the boys where they were hidden behind the waterfall, they could not talk. They left the oasis, afraid someone would come looking for the dead soldiers. They wandered in the desert, finding the road to the Salt Sea accidently. Yoav hardened during the journey. The came upon a settlement of nomads and he traded the silver chalice he’d once used for the wine blessing for an ax. He practiced with it at night. His devotion changed...