Raging Hearts. Amy Blankenship

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СКАЧАТЬ about the time portal… don’t I need to take the Guardian Heart Crystal back to my world?" she whispered worriedly.

      Toya just smiled at her and shook his head. "Don’t you know that I love you and would never let you leave?" He lowered his lips to hers and the kiss took her breath away. It was deep and passionate. It felt so real. She closed her eyes and the kiss changed.

      The kiss was hungry and sensual, all at the same time. Realizing the difference, she opened her eyes and gazed into the golden eyes of Kyou. She could feel his hands on her body, slowly moving and tempting her to respond. She gave in to the feel and closed her eyes once more.

      That’s when it all changed and Kyoko felt a chill crawl up her spine. The warm lips turned scalding and she sensed evil radiating from them. The hands caressing her body were like fire and the claws drew thin streaks of blood everywhere they touched. Her eyes flew open to look into eyes of midnight… Hyakuhei.

      She heard him whisper in a soft, seductive voice tainted with evil, "no one can save you."

      Kyoko started to struggle and could hear herself screaming but he was too strong. He was holding her down with a death grip. She screamed again, trying to fight him off. The hands holding her down disappeared and she felt herself being raised up and pressed against something solid.

      "Kyoko, wake up… Kyoko.” Wait… that wasn’t Hyakuhei… her struggles slowed. She felt a hand sliding through her hair, cradling her and making her feel safe.

      Slowly, she opened her eyes and could see the dark hair with silver highlights. She was pressed against Toya’s chest and he was holding her… slowly rocking her back and forth. Thinking she was still dreaming, Kyoko snuggled into him and closed her eyes again not wanting the dream to end.

      As long as Toya was holding her then Hyakuhei wouldn’t come back to her dreams to haunt her. She was almost in his lap and she could hear him. "It’s alright, Kyoko. I’ve got you. It’s all right now. Shhh…” She could feel her body still shaking from the dream but she calmed at Toya's soft voice. The sound of his heartbeat lulled her safely into a dreamless sleep.

      Toya could feel that she was slowly calming down. She’d nearly scared him to death, thrashing and screaming in her sleep like that. Whatever it was had scared the hell out of her and she had scared the hell out of him. He pulled on her until she was all the way in his lap. He held her tight as her trembling slowly subsided. Her cheek was pressed against his chest and he was cradling her body in his arms. She was light as a feather to him and Toya loved the feel of her cradled again him.

      "Shhh… I’ve got you. Nothing is gonna hurt you. I won’t let it. Now go back to sleep, Kyoko." He gently rocked her as his fingertips brushed her hair from her face. She was flushed from the dream and had her eyes closed… but he could sense that she knew he was the one who held her. His heart skipped a beat thinking Kyoko knew he was holding her and still she didn’t object.

      She was already falling back to sleep as he lightly touched her cheek, tracing the outline, feeling her silky skin. In her sleep, she looked like an angel in his arms… his angel. This was what he wanted. He’d never let anyone take her from him, not the demons and especially not his brothers.

      Slowly, so as not to wake her, Toya leaned back on the blanket and laid them both down, pulling the top up over them. He kept a hold on her, keeping her body against his and curled around her in a protective embrace. It was the most comfortable he’d ever been in his life and it only took a minute for him to fall into the first deep sleep he’d had since… forever.

      It was several hours later that Kyoko felt warmth and reached for it. She froze. Slowly, as if afraid to know the truth, she turned her head to the side just as Toya sat up.

      Feeling her stirring he frowned, knowing he should’ve gotten up and away from her hours ago.

      Kyoko gazed at him curiously, trying to see his eyes but his head lowered and his hair fell across them, shielding their expression. He stood up without saying anything and walked into the foliage surrounding their camp.

      Kyoko’s brows lowered in confusion. He slept here with her last night? Then a memory came back to her. She remembered dreaming and Toya… She gasped. It wasn’t a dream. He’d held her last night. She looked down at the blanket that still had his imprint on it. He must’ve fallen asleep beside her. She smiled her secret smile, reaching over and tracing her fingers over the imprint he’d left behind.

      She glanced up as Kamui came into the clearing, "Hi, Kamui. Glad your back." His tussled hair glinted with purple highlights in the morning sun and his eyes shown the most beautiful colors. Those who were close enough to see knew they held multihued glitter within the shining orbs but to Kyoko, it was his smile that made him irresistible.

      Kamui glanced around seeing she was alone and wondered why. "Where is everyone? Are Suki and Shinbe not back yet? And where’s Toya?” Kamui pulled a sack from his shoulder and placed it in front of Kyoko with raised eyebrows.

      "Nope, not yet, but Toya should be back in a few minutes. What do you have here?" Kyoko watched as Kamui started lifting food from the bag.

      "Sennin sent this with me and said to enjoy it since we hardly ever get a really good meal unless you bring it back from your time.” Kamui looked up at her with his big eyes sparkling with an array of colors and beamed at her expression when she spotted the sweets that came with the small feast. "Come on, let’s dig in.” Kamui announced.

      "Well, you’re back early this morning, Kamui,” Toya said lazily as he walked back into the clearing. He glanced at Kyoko with some unreadable emotions reflecting in his golden eyes then quickly looked away.

      Kamui glanced up at Toya. They fought a lot but in truth, Kamui looked up to Toya. He’d changed a lot since spending so much time around Kyoko. In Kamui’s opinion, Kyoko made Toya a better person.

      "Sennin said that the forest to the east has had an uprising of demons terrorizing the area within the last week. There might be talismans involved so we should check it out." The last was said as Kamui stuffed his mouth with a flavorful piece of bread.

      â€œHey, you’re gonna save me some of that, right Kamui?" Toya sat down beside them and started grabbing some of the food for himself.

      Kyoko grinned as she watched them fight over a strawberry rice ball Sennin had sent. The normalness of it didn’t last long though.

      Toya tensed up, catching a scent riding the breeze. "Damn it!" He jumped to his feet as his eyes narrowed. "What the hell does he want?"

      Before Kyoko could ask who, a rush of air blew across the clearing and stopped less than a foot in front of her, knocking Toya off balance. Kyoko found herself staring into the ice blue eyes of Kotaro, one of the five guardians. Much like Kyou, he hunted the talisman alone, searching for clues to where Hyakuhei was hiding.

      He was perfection, with lean muscles and windblown ebony hair that hung down longer in the back and ice blue eyes. He was wearing all black with a purple undershirt showing through. He and Toya couldn’t stand each other but it was mostly because Kotaro had told everyone that Kyoko belonged to him.

      "Good morning, Kyoko," Kotaro said in a soft, masculine voice, taking her hands in his and raising them up in front of him. "How is my future mate this morning?" He gazed deep into her eyes making her blush.

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