Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 221

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #19: The World of Midnight

She bit her tongue, felt guilty, ashamed for her impatience to know how this had anything to do with Sesshomaru, that she had completely ignored his feelings. He was most assuredly remembering, reliving the same loss and hopelessness he had back then.

The day was warm and bright, but for Akahito, it might as well have been midnight, black and dismal.

“Oh, Akahito,” she murmured, reaching out to place her hand on his leg in a show of empathy. “I’m so sorry.”

He tuned his gaze to her and instead of the sorrow she expected to see, she saw wrath.