Chapter 57: Hurt
"You know nothing of this Sesshoumaru." he growled.
Sesshoumaru hadn't hurt her at all when he had swiftly pinned her to the floor. She didn't have the wind knocked out of her, she hadn't hit her head and he wasn't even choking her. She could feel his claws move with her as she breathed. He wasn't going to hurt her, of this she was certain. What she wasn't certain of, is how to calm the enraged demon lord.
She reached her hands up between them and placed them tentatively on his chest, pushing gently. Sesshoumaru's grip on her throat tightened when she touched him, but she could still speak, "I am sorry, Lord Sesshoumaru. I should not have said that. You are right, I don't know you. I would like to though, if you would give me the chance. Accept my apology?"
Sesshoumaru's eyes returned to their normal amber color, but he didn't move. Nor she, her hands remained on the heated skin of his chest. "You are not afraid." It wasn't a question.
"I trust you, like I said. Can you trust me?" Kagome asked.