Chapter 21 "Blinding Pleasure"   Kyoko launched herself into Shinbe's embrace, not caring if she almost knocked him over in the process. As his arms came up behind her, she didn't care that one lingered on her bottom. If that was where he wanted it to be, then he could keep it there. All she cared about was that he was there and alive, and she didn't want to be away from him right now. Looking up into his misty, amethyst eyes, she realized she didn't want to lose him at all… ever. Shinbe's body tensed and melted all at the same time. He wanted to be all around her and inside her as he pulled her tighter, feeling no resistance from her. The thin layer of her silk nightgown hid nothing from him, and she was trying to kill him, this was the proof. The heat coming from her body only added to the fire within him. With one hand pressing against the small of her back, and one hand cupping her bottom, Shinbe stood up shakily as her legs wrapped around his waist and he moved to sit

Chapter 23 “Sacrifice”   Shinbe and Toya were still fighting the massive waves of demons Hyakuhei continued to throw at them, when Shinbe caught a glimpse of the other side of the battlefield. He could see Suki reaching out her hand, and her mouth open as if she were screaming, though all he could hear was metal clash against ripping flesh and bone as he fought. ‘Suki…’ his heart clenched painfully at seeing her muted cries. ‘Suki… I know you, survive! Don’t let him defeat you!’ Shifting with the next swing of his staff, Shinbe’s eyes widened as Kotaro came into his sight. His body was falling headfirst, back to the ground with blood running from his side where the talismans had once been. “Not good,” he whispered to himself as he blocked another attack. Kotaro’s talismans had been ripped from him, which could mean only one thing. “Damn it!” Shinbe shouted over his shoulder in Toya’s direction. “Kotaro has lost his talismans!!” His gaze fastened on Hyakuhei, seeing the s