Desert SonChapter 9
As soon as they arrived in Samarkand, Zithrusa became the General. She no longer needed a face for the caravan, and everyone knew she was in charge of organization. There was no unoccupied caravanserai, so they built one just outside of the western town gate. A team was sent for the poles for the big top, with most of the horses to haul them back, and they found they had to rent them from a carpenter's stash of raw building materials. They told him they would just leave them behind when...