Silver Maiden by CSKoneko

Prologue

A pair of sorrowful blue-gray eyes watched, mystified and down heartened, as the moon trekked its slow path through the inky night sky. The transformation was almost complete. In just three more days the blue eyed mistress would be grown, lady in both Youkai and Ninjen eyes. O how the young maiden hated that simple fact.

As the days had gone by, her eyes changed from their once vibrant blue to their current dismal blue gray, yet she knew that by tomorrow her eye color would change once again. On the night of the third day... while the red moon is at its fullest, her eyes will turn silver, so bright even the sun would be envious. Her hair will grow she was sure. Perhaps her body would grow also, in some fashion or another. The extent of her transformation was unknown but she had no doubts about its happening. It was unavoidable.

Tears welled up in the maiden's eyes only to spill over and slide down her fair cheeks. Life as she knew it was almost at its end. What would her friends that had become her second family say? Would they accept her change? Would they be distraught and angry with her for the lies she told? What was she to do?

She watched through her teary vision as the moon took on a golden tinge. What would He say? A painful sob escaped from her now chapped lips at the thought of her intended. The man that had stolen her heart the day their eyes had first met. Her mind was flooded with tantalizing visions of his long, platinum hair and fiery, golden eyes that were set in such a handsome face.

O to touch that pale face and caress its soft skin without fear of rebuttal. To press her soft body against his firm one would be her own sinful delight. Her intended was a glorious specimen she knew, and her wish to stand next to him as his mate was so powerful that even reason failed her at times.

Of course, he didn't know he was her intended. The agreement was between her father and his long before their births and his father died long before the great Lord had the chance to tell his son. The only reason she knew was due to her surrogate mother's explanation to what the young maiden should come to expect for her life because her father had died shortly after her birth. Her mother gave her the signed parchment to prove it.

Once her intended saw the cracked paper, she knew he wouldn't deny it. They would wed and spend the rest of their lives together. However, the thing that made her heart lurch into her throat, the thing that made her cry out in pure agony, was because this handsome man, son of a great Youkai Lord, would never love her.

With that thought, the maiden collapsed onto the ground and sobbed. She did not care about the dangers of being alone and defenseless in the middle of a forest clearing. She was unconcerned with the fact that her friends were anxiously waiting for her safe return. Undoubtedly, she was also unaware of the same golden eyes she had dreamed of for the past three years watching her intently.

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