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Chapter 7 - Solace
~Shania~
As she watched her mate hold another, she lost the ability to hold back her tears.
As she watched her mate caress another's cheek, she lost the ability to stand.
As she watched the man she loved love another, she lost the will to love.
She can't watch anymore. She finds it in herself to stand, but when she turns around she sees Inuyasha. He's equally transfixed with the scene before them, but unlike how she is feeling hurt, she can see the rage in his eyes. She takes a step towards him and his eyes immediately swivel to her.
He lunges at her. He has her thrown against a tree pinning her by her shoulders. For a while they just stare into each other's eyes. He slowly lessens his grip on her, although they never break eye contact. As his grip lessens, so does her emotional barrier.
Silent tears start rolling down her face. Inuyasha's eye become softer and gathers Shania into his arms.
After Sesshomaru and Kagome left, Inuyasha and Shania stayed there. Replaying the scene again, and again, and for hours, neither one of them speak.
As the temperature drops Shania draws closer to Inuyasha. Every part of them connected, emotionally – because of the lost of their loves, and physically. She looks back up at him. They're so close. She leans in and kisses him.
The kiss is slow at first, unexpected. Then, it speeds up.
All the nights her mate refused to sleep with her, she reaches under his shirt.
Every time he ignored her, she pulls his shirt off.
The first time he brought Rin home, she takes pushes him to the ground.
When he left her at home, she unties his hakamas.
When he brought Kagome home, she takes off her kimono.
When he kissed Kagome the first time, she straddles him.
When she saw them by the lake, he pushes him inside her.
~Kagome~
When she finally pulls away from Sesshomaru, she notices that she's not outside. Instead she's on a bed.
And it is not her bed.
When Sesshomaru, leans down for another mind numbing kiss, she freezes. She knows where they are.
Sesshomaru, sensing her sudden withdrawal, stops and looks down into her eyes.
"Are we…" she quietly stutters, "Are we in your chambers?" Sudden realization hits her. This is the place him, and his mate come to every night. This is the place where he holds Shania every night, after making love. This is not a place where she belonged. "How could you bring me to the place that is sacred between you and your mate? I was about to give myself to you tonight. But knowing I am here, in replacement of your mate, means I am only second to her. I am the other woman. I'm leaving, and if you like me at all, even in the slightest, you won't follow me." And she softly pushes him off, quietly, and slowly, she exits.
~Sesshomaru~
He stayed there looking at the spot where she exited for only a few minutes, but to him it seemed like hours.