Tama closed his eyes as he tried to will himself to calm down. “I can cause them to fight each other if I go back to her… try to get them to kill each other. I want them away from my sister… I want them to go back home.” He kept a tight rein on his secret thoughts knowing Hyakuhei was now only listening to his voice. “I didn’t mean to betray you… after you killed Toya… I just didn’t understand how you could be any better than them.”
Hyakuhei placed his finger under Tama’s chin so he would look up at him and hopefully listen to his words this time. “Because Tama, there is only one of me, and only one man can truly love her. Kyoko was never meant to be shared… not between brothers.”
“I agree,” Tama said with all honesty. “Now it is my turn to help make that a reality. The guardians must di
