Hyakuhei watched as translucent wings expanded behind the enraged form of the darkest guardian as he broke through the water wall he’d created. Feeling Kamui’s power knock him backward, he felt regret as his grip on the priestess loosened.
Kamui reached out and snatched Kyoko from Hyakuhei’s grip with more fury than he had ever possessed. As the monster was sucked backwards into the passageway, Kamui held Kyoko tight against him so she would not see his wings… wings that were now tinged with darkness. His eyes glowed as if the hounds of hell… or his true father… could not take her from him ever again.
Striving to draw his unstable powers back within him, Kamui placed a soft kiss to Kyoko’s cheek whispering the word, “Mine” as his wings disappeared and she turned in his arms.
Kyoko turne
