Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 194

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Soundtrack #25 is completed! Also, last update for today.

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #25: Sacrifice and Price

“No.”

“You want her?”

Without hesitation, Sesshomaru said, “She is mine.”

“Really?” Akahito replied, skeptically. “And yet you were willing to let her go, abandon her so easily.”

“Silence,” hissed Sesshomaru.

“What would you do to have her in your arms at this moment? What would you sacrifice? What price would you pay to keep her by your side?”

Silence.

“You don’t know? That is why you don’t deserve her.” Akahito then gazed down at Kagome with a tender expression. “I may not love her as I did my Yuki, but there is a possibility. With her, the pain lessens.”

CLIFF NOTE #1: When Akahito asked, “What would you do to have her in your arms at this moment? What would you sacrifice? What price would you pay to keep her by your side?”, he was remembering how he had tried everything he could think of to save his lost love Yuki. A man in love would stop at nothing to keep the woman he loved above all others by his side. Akahito was not happy that Sesshomaru would so easily give up on Kagome when it was obvious the Western Lord had feelings for her. Now Akahito believes Sesshomaru to be unworthy of Kagome since he does not believe Sesshomaru loves her strongly enough.