It wasn't enough.
The Child deflected Alzara's blade with the hand that wasn't trying to break Zach's nose. He then backhanded Alzara like he was an abusive father.
Zach bit the Child's hand hard enough to draw blood.
That was enough. It distracted him to the point where Nora managed to sneak up and stab him in the thigh. Or maybe she just wasn't strong enough to make him wary of her presence.
After all, her dagger did not pierce his scales. It didn't even scratch them.
She was also sent flying with a nasty crack as the Child's hand collided with her skull.
Zach recognized that crack. It was not the sound of his barriers breaking.
It was a sound that the human body should not make. His heart sank.
He punched the Child in the knee, forcefully bending it backward.
"Fuck!" The Child screamed in half pain as his knee joint was made to do things it wasn't made to do. His anger surged.
