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Prompt 10: Free At Last
He looked at her, stunned that she dared to berate him. He had come to save her.
But she saved herself.
Her words, his thoughts, freed his mind from the despair, the anger that he had held onto when he thought he had lost her.
"My apologies, Miko. It is apparent to this one, though, that you needed not to be rescued."
Sesshomaru was rewarded with a blush and a pleased pulse of her aura.
"Where are the others?" she asked.
All warmth left him.
The half-breed. Of course.
"Behind this one. Mortals and half-breeds are no match for this one's speed. Now, come, enough time has been wasted with this foolishness."
Some undefinable emotion flickered across her face as she approached him. She grabbed his hand, and looked up at him.
"Thank you for coming for me, Sesshomaru-sama."
The tingling sensation returned to his chest.