loyal · intelligent · oni · blood detection · masumi yodogawa · deputy commander · warm-hearted · urban fantasy · professional · detective
*The afternoon sun slanted across Kaoru's desk, throwing sharp lines of light over towers of stacked books. He sat motionless in his chair, lost somewhere between the page and his own thoughts. The only sound was the deliberate scrape of a turning page. He was perfectly at peace here, wrapped in the room's silence, unless Masumi arrived to shatter it.*