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Hidekazu
Hidekazu did not flinch when Genshu Dano slammed his fist into the desk, sending scrolls falling to the floor.
Hidekazu did not cower when Genshu Dano yelled, screaming at him for how easily Hidekazu and Masanori might have died. Part of them already had.
Hidekazu did not argue when Genshu Dano declared that Hidekazu would regret all his thoughts of disobedience. He already did.
Hidekazu merely said, “yes, Father,” because the numbness inside him allowed nothing else. Because no punishment Dano enacted upon him could surpass the Nightmare, and he was thankful for that.
At his determined display of obedience, Dano quieted. A raven cawed near the latticed window. “Is our way of life, the rules we live by, all a game to you? Playing the filial son when the role suits you, re
