Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 224

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #19: Don’t Look Behind

“She had intended for the passage of time to cool my sorrow, to bank any anger I might have felt had I known when the crime was committed.”

Akahito gritted his teeth, clenched his hands into tight fists upon his thighs. Though it had happened years ago, the bitter betrayal felt fresh.

“She informed me, with much regret, that father had killed Yuki.”

Kagome gasped, horrified.

Akahito nodded, as if he agreed with her horror. “What I had thought was a ningen illness was in fact poison. An odorless, tasteless toxin that is quite deadly for a weak bodied human.”