As the days passed, Kagome reflected on her actions and the motivations behind them. Reexamining her last encounter with Sesshoumaru, she conceded that she may have overreacted in the wake of learning the horrifying truth. Her brother-in-law had never preyed on the women of Edo before. It seemed particularly unlikely that he would do so
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SessKag Series: Absolution, Part 10
Frowning, the craftsman led them out of the gallery to a large workroom below, filled with tools, wheels and blazing red kilns. Unlocking a wooden door at the back, he revealed a small, cold chamber which at first glance resembled a storeroom. Rows of sculpted limbs and other body parts lined the walls in various
SessKag Series: Absolution, Part 9
“This is the place?” Drawing up beside his incredulous half-brother, Sesshoumaru glanced around at the hovel before them in similar skepticism. Set back against the craggy mountainside, a dilapidated wooden shack loomed ahead, its gaping entrance partially concealed by a patchwork of tattered door curtains. In the wide dirt yard before it, several overlarge boars
SessKag Series: Control, Part 31
Water jugs filled to the brim, Kagome and Sango returned to the house. The children had been called in from the yard, fed, and put down to sleep it seemed, but Miroku remained just outside the door, watching their approach. His arms were crossed at his chest, his violet eyes hard and unsmiling as they
SessKag Series: Control, Part 30
Still simmering with fury, Kagome made her way to Sango and Miroku’s home. Her friends had invited her over for dinner that evening, and as much as Kagome didn’t want to attend after the fight she’d with Kohaku, she figured she should honor her agreement. It wouldn’t do to hide away from him, at any
SessKag Series: Control, Part 29
As Kagome climbed the shrine steps toward the graveyard, she felt her soul ascend. Kneeling before Inuyasha’s tomb, she closed her eyes and savored the transcendent love that lifted her heart. Perhaps the saving grace in uncovering Sesshoumaru’s betrayal was that it had redoubled her devotion to her husband. She could see now that she
SessKag Series: Absolution, Part 8
Inuyasha became unusually subdued as they drew to a stop before Kagome’s chamber. Sesshoumaru suspected the scents emanating from within to be the cause, and in hindsight, he should himself have been better prepared for what would transpire when his half-brother crossed that threshold and beheld her at last. Sango, Miroku and Kirara were absent—no
SessKag Series: Absolution, Part 7
Sesshoumaru soared through the night sky in his true inuyoukai form. In a wide sweeping arc he circled the vast breadth of his dominion, the miles upon miles blurring away beneath the extensive length of his strides. Glittering vapor billowed from his massive jaws, his powerful forelimbs lunging ahead, his mighty hind legs propelling him
SessKag Series: Absolution, Part 6
When Sesshoumaru returned to Kagome’s sickroom, he saw that her friends were still at their vigil. Seated now beside the slouching monk, the taijiya leaned against him, her red-rimmed eyes heavy-lidded as she clasped the trailing edge of the bedsheet between her bloodless fingers. Curled in her lap, Kirara raised her bleary gaze to Sesshoumaru’s
SessKag Series: Absolution, Part 5
Sesshoumaru’s claws curled to loose fists at his sides, his gaze slanting sharply toward a pond nearby. “Jakken—show yourself.” On the far side of an arched ruby bridge, the nintoujou jutted shakily above the pale crest of a boulder. A few crystalline pebbles skittered into the pool, the reflective surface rippling as the imp scurried