Once the sun was halfway hidden by the horizon but hidden almost completely by the trees, she left the castle and did a perimeter sweep. All the animals and creatures naturally stayed away, but those that were usually curious enough to come close didn't because of her presence. The presence of a predator higher up in the food chain. She head someone singing and started circling closer only to find out it was Koda.<br/><br/>She paused about twenty feet in the woods on the opposite side of the castle than the graveyard and watched him finish his first song and start on a second. The glow of Yuurei surrounded him, making his skin glow along this the light from the moon that was going higher in the sky.<span style="font-style: italic">How could his own blood treat him with such distain... I am just glad that they didn't use him for his beauty...</span>But if they did and she found out about it, they would be begging for death.<br/><br/>She turned away and continued her perimeter sweeps along with gathering herbs and getting small animals for her humans.<br/><br/>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~<br/><br/>Christine left her room in search of Koda. She was almost finished with Serenity's weapons, but she knew she wasn't in any hurry so Christine felt okay putting it off for a bit. She wondered outside and followed Koda's singing to the graveyard. She stopped and leaned against the gate to listen. She smiled despite the lyrics to the song.<span style="font-style: italic">I'm so happy I have him, and I can't wait until he is truely my son.</span><br/><br/>Once he stopped singing, he seemed to tilt his head to the side as if listening to something.<span style="font-style: italic">Probably a ghost telling him he has a beautiful voice and that I'm here.</span>Koda turned to face her and gave her that soft smile. She walked over and hugged him. "Beautiful voice as always."<br/><br/>She pulled back and gave him the papers she was holding, "These are our part of the adoption papers. If you sign here," she pointed to a spot, "then that means your my son and the only thing left is to see your... parents..." The last word came out with a slight demeaning tone and a frown. She didn't like the way they had treated Koda, except that it led him to her and made it possible for him to be her son.<span style="font-style: italic">For him to be mine is the only good aspect...</span>