"And yet, Father, you have lain with human women. You have taken pleasure and joy from them that you would deny This One"

"I had you. A pure blood pup that will become lord. You know nothing of the sacrifices that I have made for you. Sesshoumaru, you will leave in the morning and go to the northern front and assist our forces with ending the uprisings from the dragon clan" Touga pressed his will as his father and Alpha into Sesshoumaru.

"This one will spend this day with her before I leave"

And so it was this, the 16th night since Sesshoumaru met Izayoi, that Touga saw her.