Twenty-Five.

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He did not even know why he had gone to her in the first place.

Perhaps she was the lesser of two evils. He could require her silence on the entire situation, for he desired that no one would ever know of his miserable state, and he could threaten her if she did otherwise.

Hn. On second thought, it would not be honorable to intimidate a member of his own pack – but he could use her ignorance as advantage. It was not his fault that she was uneducated on youkai's customs, after all.

"I do not have all day, miko."

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(100 words.)