yuuji had felt his soul die the moment he had laid his eyes upon the body of his beloved — broken beyond his recognition and so scarlet with blood it nearly brought him to his knees. he had cursed himself and the world, wishing for nothing but his own death.

but such a mercy had not been granted to him and now he lives without the very love that had breathed life into him.

she is dead and forbidden from his touches until his sight falls upon a shadow all too hauntingly familiar to him.