Fire God

Prologue
"It's a boy," the nurse told her, holding out the tiny creature.

Her eyes widened. "I-"

"You thought it was going to be a girl," the nurse said quietly. "It must've changed, somehow, somewhere."

The father looked at his wife. "Don't look so surprised. Babies do that."

"Not real human babies!" the wife hissed back, so the nurse couldn't hear.

"What will you name him?" the nurse asked.

"I don't know," the mother replied. "All I know is that I love him more than anything."

The nurse nodded and left the room.

"I think it should be Flame," the father said.

"Flame?" the mother repeated. "No."

The man sighed.

"Lex," the mother said quietly. "The protector of men."