Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 214

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #14: Light and Shadow

“My father was an extraordinarily proud man,” began Akahito, surprising Kagome, for this was not how she expected his story to start. “He wanted me, his heir, to one day take over and rule our town, but at the time I was not interested in learning what he had to teach me. I was young, my father was healthy, strong. I thought I had plenty of time to learn.”

He gave a humorless chuckle, and though the sun shone brightly upon his handsome features, shadows swirled around in his eyes. “Needless to say, I was a huge disappointment to father.”