While the children frolicked in the meadow nearby, Sango and Kagome gathered flowers for Miroku’s grave. The late summer sun beat down upon their bowed heads and bent backs. The pink and white blossoms strained up against the unforgiving heat. Their delicate, wilting petals curled faintly at the edges. Their soft, bursting stems stained the
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 33
Fernando could hear the din of the dance music before they stepped one foot inside El Mar. Blue strobe lights streamed through the smoky interior. Their watery beams cast a deathly pallor over the club goers who milled about in straggling bands. Staggering, jostling and shambling, they swayed to the music or from drunkenness or
The Gordian Knot
Hirokin entered his liege lord’s private chambers unannounced, unrehearsed. The first part, though inconceivable to most, was not unusual for him. The latter, however… In a life as meticulously and painstakingly choreographed as his, even Hirokin had to question his own sanity in the matter. But before he could second-guess himself, he’d crossed the threshold.
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 32
The city of Saguero wasn’t much of one. Only in comparison to a place like Cortez. It was simply more crowded, somewhat less crumbling and sad. It was dingy and shabby. A mean-looking town. Dogs and derelicts scuttled about the streets, weaving among the working-class folk who trudged on by foot or sullenly biked, or
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 156
There were no secrets anymore between Kagome and Inuyasha. But the lies were still there. They were everywhere, all the time. It was like the lies had multiplied, now that Inuyasha had been swallowed up in them. Kagome felt guilty for this, too. Willing or not, he had become her accomplice in all this. She
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 155
Time wore on. Although things were strained at first, after a few days Kagome and Inuyasha settled into a domestic routine. Ironic as it was, these were easily the most harmonious days of their marriage. There were no longer any secrets between them. No longer any expectations. They were comrades again, living under one roof.
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 31
Following Chico’s lead again, Fernando and his friends crossed over to the buckling garage. For all that it was open at both ends, the garage was a big, dim, musty space, cluttered up wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling with almost as much junk as the yard outside. Rap music pounded from huge speakers at the far end,
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 154
Kagome didn’t know what to do. What to think. Distantly she perceived that she was still reeling from that night when she’d blurted out Sesshoumaru’s name in the grips of her unconscious passion, and the whole ugly truth had finally come out. She seemed to observe as if from afar, as if from outside of