As much as he hated to admit it, his next thought immediately went to Mia, the girl he'd been married to.
Though he'd ignored her and thought only of the beasts for most of their time together, suddenly a protective instinct hit him, so he grabbed his cards and ran out the back door.
Mia lived two houses back from his house, so she couldn't have known about the orcs, and she was more obedient and understanding than he was, going to bed early for her health.
The door to her house was unlocked, and Kian ran into her room and picked her up with all his might.
She had just fallen asleep and looked rather confused as she watched the handsome face staring back at her.
"Get up!"
"What ..."
Just then, the deck of playing cards fell out of Kian's pocket and scattered on the floor of her bedroom.
Trading cards!
Kian completely forgot about his wife and scrambled to pick up the playing cards. It had taken him years to train the deck of playing card monsters, and now it was time to put them to good use.