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It was dark when Kiba poofed into her home. She looked shaken, broken, and halfway from frantic. Kiba shuffled slowly down the hall towards her own room, sniffling slightly. She really didn't look forward to telling the whole story all over again.
Kougaji was there, laying on the bed, comfortably reading a book. He looked up as his wife entered the room, and his eyes went from calm relaxation to protective husband in an instant. "Kiba...what happened." His deep voice was not a questionable thing, and Kiba found herself spilling out the story, all of it, as she leaned against the door. She related how Than had made a grab for Rishka, how he'd cursed Kiba instead with a lust spell, how he'd raped her once a few days ago, and the second time tonight. With every word, Kou's expression never changed; nearly 400 years of learning to school his features worked into him produced this.
When Kiba was finished, she stood silently, leaning against the door, her arms wrapped around her stomach. "I...sh-should have tried...harder to fight back..." she whispered. Without a word, Kou slipped off the bed, wand walked over to Kiba, and wrapped his arms around her. "No, love, the way it sounds, you did all you could." Gently, he steered her towards the bed, and clicked off the lights. In the hour following the lights out, amidst the sheet ruffling and spring creaking and soft cries of one anothers' names, Than's curse was finally broken.
The next morning, Kiba awoke to find herself wrapped only in a burgundy sheet and her husband's arms. She looked at her husband's sleeping face, and the contentment in it of having someone he loved with all his heart curled up into the warmth of his body. She lay her head back down, and smiled gently. No matter what anyone tried to pull, no matter who threatened her, her pups, or her friends and family....this was something nobody could take.

*Kougaji appears courtesy of Erikorp, Inc.*