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Title: Captured
Author: LC Rose
Rating: K
Prompt: Triple (Drabble #97)
Genfic: drama
Word Count: 400
Warnings: none
Summary: "Nothing sharpens sight like envy." ~Thomas Fuller
a/n: a continuation of Menace: chapter 13 of this series
He seemed to be the only thing of beauty in the clearing; hard, powerful, and unfathomable. As she stared his lashes swept low and a faint chilling smile, full of either irony or menace or both graced his lips. Predatory golden eyes raised to meet hers and Kagome saw a flash of the beast within. He may appear to be a man, but behind his wintry look lay jeopardy. Fear grabbed her, held her in place, and Kagome struggled to not let it show.
She'd never seen him as clearly as she saw him now. Not mortal, not weak, but something ancient and formidable. Barely bound in the flesh of a man and she was at his mercy—mercy Kagome wasn't sure he even possessed.
Sesshoumaru strode forward, his feet barely seeming to touch the ground. All coiled muscle and ready violence, his hand rose. She flinched as those menacing claws neared her flesh but then his palm curved against her jaw. The feel of him against her was like a caress and she blinked away the wonder she knew shown in her eyes.
Sesshoumaru studied the human girl. A slight push of his hand elevated her face more towards his. With her head raised just so the waning light of the evening sun highlighted the delicate angles of her face, the full dusky rose pout of her lips, the black-lashed clarity of her strangely colored eyes. Underneath his touch she trembled, fragile and oh-so breakable.
His gaze drifted down to her lips, parted slightly, and he wondered if they were as soft as they appeared. A becoming flush rose up from between her breasts as his continued staring increased her nervousness. Sesshoumaru inhaled, close enough to catch every scent upon her. Her fragrance was sweet, almost intoxicating.
He'd come here today to end the miko's life, to take away from his brother what Inuyasha seemed to value so much. But now…now he found he could not. There was something there, hidden deep within, that intrigued him. "You are mine now," Sesshoumaru whispered, noting how his voice affected the beat of her heart.
Kagome blinked. Once. Twice. Sesshoumaru's hand moved down to wrap around her wrist, finalizing his intent. She blinked a third time and then reality caught up with her and she opened her mouth to scream. A quiet shake of the daiyoukai's head ended all contemplation of that.