No Place for Mercy

The woman's eyes lit up like she had just seen hope. She grabbed his leg, tears and snot running down her face. "Okay, okay! As long as you let my child go, I'll do anything! Anything you want!"

"Anything?" the man asked, pushing it further. His eyes drifted to the two-year-old child. "Then why don't you let him join too? So young, looks like he'd—"

Before he could finish, a sharp pain shot throug