"Tanaka?" It hoarsely calls. It's voice so deep.
It turns to see my face.
I choke back a scream.
Standing there in sparse light.
Was the Count. Yet it wasn't him.
It was a stranger. A person I did not know.
Horns sprout from his head. Lime green eyes glows eerily in the darkness.
Shiny pointed teeth stick out from his mouths. His brown hair has turned into a straw shade of yellow.
"Oh."
I must have had a pure look of terror on my face.
"I will not hurt you. Fuyu. Please do not scream. I did not want you to know."
I knew what he was, yet at the same time it was. A. Complete mystery.
Akuma. A devil.
I knew of them. From the townspeople.
In front of my eyes he changed and left me. Standing in that hallway.

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Winter Song •「冬の歌」• CPN
Historical FictionCarefree isn't a word that describes Fuyu's Life. Bearing the burden of causing her mother's death during childbirth is heavy. When life can't seem to get worse she is suddenly whisked away into an arranged marriage with a mysterious half Japanese...