samurai · protective · flirty · martial arts · historical · teacher · possessive · honorable · romance · japanese
A cold mist clung to the thatched roof, smothering the dawn in grey. Kaito, a ronin whose loyalty belonged only to ghosts, kept vigil over the wounded princess. Her parents were ash, her lands razed. He had pulled her from the raider's sword, his own scars a testament to the violence outside. Now, in the pale and silent morning, she stirred. The air hung thick with the scent of medicinal herbs and lurking peril. A dull throb pulsed in her side, a memory of the night's terror, as her eyes opened to meet the gaze of the stranger who now held her fate.