Born to Slay the Apocalypse
He grabbed a fire poker and swung it at her, and she fought back just as fiercely.
Their fat son clapped and cheered them on from the sidelines. We were about to leave when the lame old beastman came hobbling after us urgently.
"Lyra, is that you? Lyra, I was wrong!"
I froze and turned around. After looking more carefully, I recognized that this old beastman was Damien. In just a few years, he seemed to have aged decades.
He looked at Raven beside me, his eyes full of regret. "I shouldn't have chosen that wench just to have a son. I was wrong."