Amamiya felt a surge of triumph and reached for the next memory, but before she could surface it as well, a dagger sunk deep into her back, and with a cry of pain she was ripped out of Akiha's mind. She staggered and fell over, down to her knees, blood gushing out of her wound, pain searing like her whole back was on fire. She was barely able to maintain the presence of mind to put out her burning sleeve.

Stupid, weak little girl, a voice in the back of her mind whispered. Should have kept an eye out back there! Now things are looking bad, aren't they~