"What are you talking about?" Fawks asked warily.

"This is no place to talk, dear. Come" she gestured to an elegant limo parked across the street.

Fawks glared at it suspiciously, just how many times was she going to get into cars with strangers?

But something about Sessho-maru's mother made her want to trust her. The two slipped into the back of the limo, the woman scrutinized Fawks with familiar golden eyes.

"…you really are the same Fawks-chan, aren't you?"

"Get to the point, you made it sound like you knew me…"

"I did…it another life" Sessho-maru's mother, heaved a nostalgic sigh. "You know my son isn't human, I take it"

"Yeah, so?"

"What if I told you that centuries ago, you were his mate?" she began, reaching for a cigarette.

Fawks stared at her in disbelief, "Excuse me?"

"You and my son were deeply in love. You changed him in ways I never would have guessed" she smiled, lighting her cigarette.

"….what happened?" she stuttered. The woman's expression became melancholy as she blew out smoke.

"You fell pregnant…I was to be a grandmother soon and Sessho-maru a father…but he failed in his duties to protect his mate. His home was infiltrated and his mate poisoned. The pup was still born and you were on death's door"

Fawks paled, her heart stopping dead.

"The only way to save you was for me to change your timeline. You never fell into the past, you never met my son and you never fell in love. Of course, as an even trade I removed some of the more traumatic events from your life"

"What are you talking about?"

Sachiko leaned her head against the window, watching the scenery roll by. "After your mother died, you were sent to live with your father causing his official wife to leave him. He blamed you for his failed marriage and abused you horribly…"

"That's…not what happened at all…!" Fawks gasped in outrage.

"That's because I gave you a kind loving father to look after you. I even made sure that miscreant never forced himself on you…"

Fawks hesitated, "…say…I did believe you…Say Sessho-maru and I are meant to be together. None of that matters because he obviously doesn't feel the same way about me"

"But he does…he just hasn't realized it yet…" Sessho-maru's mother smiled cruelly, "How would you like revenge against my fool of a son for the way he's treated you?"

Fawks glanced up at her, her blood boiling in an unfamiliar way. It was an eagerness she was unfamiliar with.

The woman grinned at her, "I take that bloodthirsty gleam in your eyes as a yes"

"Why are you doing this? Isn't Sessho-maru your son?"

"Because he needs to be taught a lesson once in a while besides you were always my favorite" she stroked back Fawks' red hair. "You may call me Sachiko, dear daughter-in-law"

Miyako glanced at her employer as she arranged the paperwork on his desk. He was in a mood again, she could tell. He barely even looked at the work she put in front of him and he was smoking like a chimney. She glanced at him as he stood before the windows, smoking a cigarette and glaring down at the skyline like the very city offended him.

Sessho-maru was annoyed, about what, he couldn't quite put his finger on. Over the course of the last week he had called things off with all his sex friends. Nothing he did with them seemed to slake his appetite, now it festered inside him like a ruptured organ. Fawks was never far from his mind and it infuriated him.

"Taiyo-san…"

He glared at Miyako from the corner of his eye, she looked away, "Your…personal phone has been ringing…"

Sessho-maru turned his glare to his cellphone immediately recognizing the number.

"Sessh-kun…" the voice on the other side of the phone purred. Sessho-maru growled softly.

"I want to see you…can I come over tonight…?"

He felt his manhood twitch with anticipation, "I thought I was never to see you again"

"…but I want you sooo bad…! No one can make me feel the way you do"

He couldn't seem to resist her mewling voice, "Very well, but I won't return until late…"

"I can wait…I don't mind"

Sessho-maru hung up the phone with her, his mood somewhat improved. Maybe a romp with Fawks was all he needed to get her out of his system. After that, no doubt, things would go back to normal and he'd be able to play to his hearts content.

Fawks hung up the phone, a satisfied smile on her lips. By time she was done, Sessho-maru would be groveling at her feet.