Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 187

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #25: Strength to Beg for Love

Before he could inform her he would do no such thing even if he could—she bled so heavily, her wound a mortal one—she returned from wherever she had gone in her mind and met his stare directly.

“Promise…me…”

“I do not make such with the enemy,” Sesshomaru told her without infliction.

Ignoring his words, she grabbed his sleeve, held on tight, desperately.

“You…” she coughed, blood splattering across her face, “…must.”

She wouldn’t be answering his questions, he realized. He stood, ready to leave and find his miko, ignoring her plea to live.

“Tell Akahito…that I…love…him.”

He froze.