Even with the Fangs of the Father pressed against his throat, ready to take his life at any moment, Anduin Wrynn showed not a trace of fear. There was only guilt in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Vanessa. I deceived you because I was afraid that once you learned I was Varian Wrynn's son, you would never accept my existence."
Anduin Wrynn's words stabbed even deeper into Vanessa VanCleef's heart. The Fangs of the Father sliced open his skin, and blood began to flow.
"I know you won't forgive me. If my life can make you abandon the hatred between us, then take it." Anduin Wrynn looked as though he were calmly offering up his life.
Vanessa VanCleef raised the Fangs of the Father and swiftly slashed them across Anduin Wrynn's throat. "Do you think I don't dare kill you? I once swore that if anyone from the Wrynn family fell into my hands, I would never let them go."
"Stop!"
"No..."
The other three saw that Vanessa VanCleef was truly striking and hurriedly tried to stop her, but they were far too late.
The Fangs of the Father swept across Anduin Wrynn's throat without leaving a wound. Then the pommel delivered a vicious kidney blow to his waist, sending him crashing to the ground in pain.
"Next time, I will kill you." After knocking Anduin Wrynn down, Vanessa VanCleef left without looking back.
The black dragon carried Black Dragon Prince Wrathion, the other four, and the three severely wounded Golden Lotus guardians through the air, evading the attacks of the Wildhammer Dwarves' Gryphon Riders as they flew back to Mistshroud Village.
Not long after they left, Anduin Wrynn healed his wounds with the Holy Light. He silently watched the direction in which his former companions had departed, then held his