NOAH'S POV I took off my shirt and tore it into a big rag then I used it to staunch the flow of blood oozing from the wound. I bit my teeth into my lips to keep myself from roaring,it was forming in my chest and it was all I could do to keep it back. I tasted my own blood as I picked the wounded man in my arms and held him as carefully as one would do to a crate of eggs. "Doctor Russo lives just on the next street. Our only hope is that he isn't dead too." I watched out for the slightest shadow of men as we walked to the doctor's home. I recognized this part of town, it was Adalam,it wasn't a warrior's town. The people who lived here were simple folks who had no way of defending themselves. I paused to go around the body of a pregnant woman. "By the goddess," Laila swore and

