When she had called out the guardian’s name with so much hope and love in her voice, Tadamichi had materialized between her and Toya’s statue. He wondered just what his brother would think about such a bond of love… a love that could cross time and space. His eyes hardened. He would have to keep her distracted or let her escape if there were a chance the guardians would break through the barrier. He smirked when she called him by his brother’s name. It was good his brother had never told her about him… it would enable his deception to work. It only fueled the odd jealousy he felt for the couple. He did not want his brother to possess the one that he himself had desired yet been f*******n to have so long ago… the only girl he would not kill and wasn't allowed to love. “How do you know I a

