Where Kitsune Wait (Chapter 19)
Saki and I retreat to the baths and enjoy the steaming warmth as much as the closeness of washing each other's backs. We rest in the waters until we're relaxed down to the bone. I might fade in and out of sleep, but she mentions nothing if I do....
WKW Kitsune Character List
Rin - nine tails. Eldest sister, head of the family, master of the mountain. Blue eyed, she holds herself with the poise and nobility one would expect of her position. Like most kitsune, she's tall enough that Egil has to slightly look up to meet her...
Where Kitsune Wait (Chapter 20)
A fine summer breeze ripples through the wheat fields and through the boughs of the old oak. I watch the sea, knowing it to be a vibrant dream of a home that never was. Even so the creek babbles nearby, rushing over stones and into the distant...
Where Kitsune Wait (Chapter 21)
I keep a hand upon the hilt of a dagger while Miyu leads us through the twisting halls of the kitsune's home. The sarugami 'guest' we guard, Taiki, keeps his head low and hands clasped where I can see. Our fluffy four-tail kitsune guide is as tense as...
Where Kitsune Wait (Chapter 22)
The pace Rin sets through the halls is too quick for conversation. Not that I can bear to say anything yet. We're both too worried about the unwelcome visitors and tense from the spell that attacked her home. More so, I fear what could've happened to...
Red, White, And Silverblossoms
She wore red, he wore white, and together they absconded from the revelry hoping no one would notice. The music in the palace's ballroom chased man and dragon out into the hall. She stopped them out of earshot and just before a turn in the glowing...
Where Kitsune Wait (Chapter 23)
The stone steps are still dark with blood where I should have killed that half-kappa. I hear, more than I feel, the joints pop in my curling fists. This is the first sign of a fight I've seen, but I haven't dared slow to search or look behind me. ...
Where Kitsune Wait (Chapter 26)
Every little sound in the forest, from wind in the branches to the few sticks I step on, tightens a knot between my shoulders. There's nothing to be done for it. Saki and I both keep a hand free for weapons should nekomata, monk, or some new danger...
Where Kitsune Wait (Chapter 25)
Fox tails fan out before me, shielding me from the glare of blazing blue flames. Fire sails into the trees, shifting shadows and narrowly missing a black shape that drops to a lower branch. The kitsune strikes, arm snapping and metal thumping in...
Where Kitsune Wait (Chapter 24)
Beneath a crescent moon I stalk towards my prey. Slow steps bring me silence, my ears listening for the slightest rustle while my eyes sweep every few steps for the glow of lamps. A lone light moves, a pair of men walking from the village toward...
Last Root Of Ngnun
Death's chill cut through the hot sun upon Zhaleh's folded wings. She clutched the poorly bandaged stump of her right shoulder, nothing remaining of that arm, and hurried down the old path towards the river. Blood soaked the cloth and dripped from her...