"You're not doing either of you any favours," Emiko said. The beast lifted his chin, the disappointment in her tone cutting him deeper than her rage would have. "She's the one person you need with you right now—"
'Which is precisely why she must remain here.'
Emiko rolled her eyes. "According to who? You? She's just as much a part of this as you are now." He met her gaze, fur standing on end at the fierceness of her scowl, eventually hanging his head.
'She has never dealt with the likes of him before.'
"All of the more reason to take her with you."
'I will not put her in danger—'
"You put her in danger every time you leave!" she hissed, thankful Kagura was consoling her sister in her bedroom. "Every flower you give her, every dream you share only strengthens your bond. A lesser being would've gone mad by now."
He winced. 'You did not.'
"Kenji wasn't my twin flame," she countered. "Which I'm grateful for. I wouldn't have survived to take care of my girls if he had been." Twin flames were seldom come by, said to be two parts of the same being, split by the gods to weaken those living beneath the clouds.
The only drawback was once their life forces were tied together, one could not live without the other. If one died, their mate would slowly wither away, their body shutting down piece by piece. It was a gruesome fate and one people tended to avoid.
And such a bond was unheard of between a daiyoukai and a miko.