Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 186

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #25:  Perplex: Confuse: Deluge

A faraway look entered her light brown eyes, eyes he was sure he recognized. Even her face seemed familiar, but he was sure he had never met this woman before. At first, he thought her glazed eyes meant that she was dying, fading fast, too fast to answer his questions.

When she spoke, she surprised him.

Not dead yet, he surmised.

“I don’t…” more blood spilled from her lips, even more pooled beneath her, spreading around her prone form in a growing puddle. “…want…to die…yet…”

Sesshomaru cocked his head, gazing at her contemplatively. Was she begging him to save her?