Fear

Doing as he said quickly, she took a few more bites, more interested in his responses than her plate. "It's the same thing, isn't it?" she demanded, taking a sip of water. "Mating and marrying, I mean."

For most of her life, she had been trained to exterminate demons and because of that, Kagome admittedly knew more than most people did about the species. What she knew though was limited to different attack styles, defense strategies and other such things that would help her in the field, if or when she received calls for such things.

"No, there are not the same. There is a very distinct difference, especially for Inu Youkai, such as myself and my parents." Silently pleased that she had followed his order, Sesshoumaru continued before she could ask the questions he could already see forming in her eyes. "Inu mate for life," he said quietly. "Without question. Once the mating bonding as created, nothing can end it. One lives and dies with their Mate."

His words froze her, made her think of the mark she kept hidden on her breast with the magic of her powers. Unable to keep the fear out of her voice, Kagome made herself meet his eyes, made herself ask the question that had never occurred to her until this very conversation. "What about…spiders? Do they mate for life too?"

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