Blackfeather Woods That's My Lullaby

"But..." he stopped before saying that torturing him correctly would have gotten them the truth out of Grimnir, but mother's reasons were clear in Damien's mind now, and although they weren't what he would have done given the chance he knew it was the right way to do things. Meldresi was right, for as much as it enraged her son.

Meldresi snapped when Damien said she hadn't done anything to protect her daughter, but a bad coughing interrupted her. The boy looked at her with worry for a second, but when she recovered, he too ingored it as if it hadn't just happened.

The boy stayed silent for a moment, realizing for once that he did not know where to start looking for Grimnir and his band of bastards. And rage flodded him again. He wanted to blame Cicero for slowing him down when Grimnir escaped. He wanted to Blame Burke for stopping them halfway towards mother and not chasing after Grimnir immediately. He wanted to Blame mother for not doing anything in first place. But he didn't. He couldn't.

"I... I don't know..." he admitted, looking away with a frown.