Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 269

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #9: Water Forest

Barging into the room he’d given Kagome, she wasn’t there. Momentarily taken aback, fear froze him in the doorway, and he thought almost wildly that she had escaped somehow without his knowing, until he heard the trickling of water.

Walking swiftly towards the door on a side wall, he barged into the next room meant for bathing, a sunken in pool in the middle—and his target standing beside it.

Kagome turned abruptly, started by his entrance. He stared at her like a drowning man, taking in her wet body, a towel clutched close to her front, shieling her nudity.