CHAPTER 3Zaor and Sirah How long I was unconscious I did not know. When I awoke I found myself in utter darkness, and with a splitting headache. I called out and soon a large wooden door was opened, and with it came a bright string of outside daylight stabbing down at me. I shielded my eyes until they became accustomed to the light. A man entered the chamber. I saw now that it was the same green-skinned warrior who I had crossed swords with outside in the clearing. As he came closer he drew his sword and spoke to me calmly but firmly. Well, here I thought, might be the end of me. Tied and bound, like a helpless babe, it appeared to me that I was going to receive the terrible end that I had spared this warrior. It was not fair, but nothing in life and war is fair. It appeared I was to b

