An evil tilt crept across the corner of his lip as he sadistically added, “They have already decided to help keep the two of you apart. But should they fail… maybe I will have to stop you after all, by putting both of us to sleep for another thousand years… she will be gone by the time we awaken.”
“It is you who is always wrapped up in your precious prophecies! Did you not notice… the wars are over?” Hyakuhei lunged for his brother with deadly intent just as Tadamichi vanished. His brother’s haunted voice returned to whisper within his mind one last warning.
“If you have heard nothing else I have tried to tell you, then remember this Hyakuhei… you cannot be permitted to force her to stay with you… it is forbidden.”
As the words echoed and died, Hyakuhei focused on his surroundings as ov
