“They are not the enemy!” Kyoko corrected then paused before adding, “at least they’re not MY enemies.” “I am not the only one who thinks they shouldn’t be near you,” Hyakuhei said quietly, his voice deep and even, weighed with an eerie seriousness that made her become very still. “I banished only three of them… yet all five guardians have left this world.” “Kyou?” she breathed frowning, knowing Hyakuhei had been with her the whole time. She jerked her chin out of his grasps. “But how?” she demanded, her emerald eyes flashing accusingly. Hyakuhei knew he would have to do something soon to remove that look from her eyes as she gazed at him… it didn’t belong there. “Your human lover,” He gritted his teeth knowing the boy was no longer human and his obsession with the priestess now held th

