Golden Veil by BelovedStranger

Chapter 279

Word Count: 100

Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #10: Unravel

No! He was not the cause of her pain this time. It was not his intent to hurt her before. Couldn’t she see how much she meant to him? How much he cared? With Sesshomaru’s appearance, Akahito could see that all his carefully laid out plans were unraveling before him. Was there no way to rectify the situation? Surely Kagome would never forgive him if he killed Sesshomaru. It tasted like vinegar to admit that he was not the one she wanted.

And why should she, after all that he had done? Had his bitterness turned him into a monster?