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Lei couldn't believe his eyes he had found the maiden from the legend, she fit the description perfectly, snow white skin, ebony hair, and rose-red lips. Lei had never seen anything quite like her she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his whole life.

"Do you mind if I join you? It's dangerous for anyone to travel through the woods alone," Lei said.

"I would like that a lot," Yuki replied, she gladly excepted his offer it was a long way back to her house and it was starting to get late.

Lei and Yuki walked through the trees, Lei didn't know how he was going to get Yuki to come with him, plus he had no idea what his father was going to do with her either and she seemed to be a really sweet girl, he would hate if his father hurt her but he didn't have much of a choice, his father was a cold man if Lei failed him then it would be his own life at stake, he just knew that his father would kill him if he did not bring her to him especially since he had actually found her.

"Where are you from?" Yuki asked breaking the silence.

"The Yun mountains on a cliff overlooking the Ming river," Lei replied.

"And your family do they live close to you?" Yuki asked.

"Yes I live with my father, my mother died when I was young," Lei said.

"I'm so sorry, my parents died when I was young, my aunt raised me," Yuki replied, she knew how hard it was to lose someone close to you.

Lei and Yuki came to her cottage where Mei was waiting for Yuki to return.

"Yuki there you are I was starting to worry about you," Mei said.

"Don't worry I'm fine, this is Lei I meet him in the forest, he walked me back here," Yuki replied gesturing to Lei who stood behind her.

"It's nice to meet you I'm Xiao Mei, will you stay for dinner?" Mei asked.

"I couldn't intrude," Lei replied.

"None since it's not an intrusion we would love the company, please stay it's a long way to anywhere plus it's already dark," Mei said.

"Very well, I will join you," Lei replied before he tied his horse's reins to the post that was outside their house.

Yuki and Mei walked into the house, Yuki went into the kitchen to prepare a meal, Mei sat down in her chair she couldn't walk very far without having to sit down she was getting sicker but she didn't want Yuki to find that out, Yuki worried enough as it was plus Mei didn't want to put extra on Yuki.

Lei walked inside of the house, he looked over and saw Yuki busy in the kitchen Lei was getting deeper and deeper into a situation that he didn't want to be in, Mei and Yuki would both be extremely hurt if he just took Yuki without any explanation, they trusted him enough to let him into their home, but his father would kill him if he didn't, he had to think of something maybe he could just take Yuki while they where asleep.

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