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- Author: Annette Marie
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Towering trees bowed beneath the weight of snow on their branches, and
high above, stars glittered in the dark sky. Emi ran, shadows dancing across
her path and snow flying behind her feet. Icy air numbed her throat with
each gasping breath.
She’d had this dream before.
Ahead of her, a white fox bounded through the snow. She knew she
wouldn’t catch him, but she had to try. His bushy tail flicked as he flashed
in and out of sight through the trees, and when he reappeared, he had
changed. Now the size of a lean and leggy white wolf, he dashed onward
with three fox tails dancing in his wake.
Her sleeping consciousness recoiled against what would come next, yet
in the dream she could do nothing more than chase him. He vanished
around a thick stand of spruce and she sprinted after him.
Heat blasted her like an open volcano, pushing her back. In the clearing
ahead, a creature of myth and nightmare awaited her. The massive white
specter of fur and flame towered over her, eyes glowing like magma and
nine tails of fire writhing behind it. White-hot flames flickered beneath its
huge paws as it stalked forward, turning the snow all around it into
steaming water.
In its path, the wolfish fox cowered, three tails quivering.
The kyubi no kitsune loosed a deep growl that vibrated with feral rage
and made every hair on her body stand on end, yet she still rushed toward it,
one hand outstretched as she cried out a name. The crimson markings on its
face flashed brightly and it lunged for the three-tailed fox, turning the whole
world into blue-white fire.
Emi’s eyes popped open, a silent gasp catching in her throat. Her
muscles twitched with adrenaline.
“There is nothing.”
Yumei’s soft voice made her start. Squinting in the dim light of the
candles scattered around the circular room, she turned her head, but
otherwise remained unmoving where she lay on the padding of blankets.
Across the room, Yumei—also known as the Tengu, Lord of Crows, and
harbinger of war—sat with one elbow on the low table in front of him and
his chin in his hand. A yokai sitting like an irritated teenager was a strange
sight all on its own, but knowing Yumei was at least a thousand years old
made it even more disconcerting. His smooth, ageless face didn’t show his
years.
He tapped a taloned fingertip on the table to draw the attention of his
tablemate. Even from across the room, Shiro’s ruby eyes gleamed in the
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