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A single tear escaped her closed eyes and slipped down her cheek. He didn’t love her enough for his soul to be forever changed, but she was afraid her soul had already been rewritten in his flames.
“Whatever you ask of me.” He drew her closer and captured her hand in his, lifting it. Eyes lowered, he pressed his lips to her knuckles. “Whatever you desire, whatever you need. Command me, little miko.”
Shiro glanced up, squinting into the sun. “You were sad that you wouldn’t get to see flowers or the summer sun again. This isn’t quite the same, but … just for today, you can have summer one more time.” Her throat tightened painfully. “You—you arranged for me to have one more day of summer before … before the solstice?”
Im crying
His eyes turned to hers, sorrow and longing twining in their depths. “I don’t want to lose this. You are my fire, Emi. You are my warmth. Before you, the flames within me were cold as ice.”
It wasn’t a farewell dinner. It was a celebration, an homage and a reminder of all that they would fight for, and die for, on the solstice night.
Tomorrow is my last day in this world. I am not afraid.
“That I’ve never been as absolutely certain about anything as I am about loving you.”
“If I am your fire, then you are my light.”
“I would have kept you forever, little miko.” His words were soft, almost soundless. “I would have taken you with me wherever the tides of time carried us, and I would have loved you until the very end.”
In the hidden heart of the world, she wept, her life saved but her soul irreparably torn to agonizing shreds. And she swore to herself that, even though he was gone, she would not forget him. She had promised, and she would keep that promise until her final day on this earth.
She would not forget him. Every day she thought of him, carving each precious memory deep into her soul, over and over and over. She would not forget him.
“Two weeks ago, a white kitsune was seen at Inari’s shrine.”
“You realize you’re mine now, don’t you?” he growled. “I am keeping you. Forever.”
