Where do we go from here

by optionbutton

Yuya escapes from a massacre with a promise to hunt the criminals down. Unbeknownst to her, Kyo the legendary demon General of the Mibu Clan is on a mission to find the younger sister to Shaman Shiina Nozomu. A story told on the adventurous whims of the blonde and the samurai who live life as they please until duty and obligations call them back. Snippets of 100 word chapters.

113. Distracted

113 Distracted

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A resounding hush hung stiffly in the air.

He would deal with her sulking later. For now, the forest was fluttering with activity and coded hisses. Stopping to decipher a language he had long forgotten, he could barely make out the message carried in the shuffle of foliage.

Something about…

Kyo heard Yuya draw an uneven breath and turned to reprimand her for yet another interruption.

But all words dissolved on his tongue as watery green eyes stared back at him. And within them, the pain of a million heartbreaks tearing at her soul.

He blinked.

This was not pleasant.