Diana's pupils contracted sharply that instant.
She could tell that the white-robed shrine maiden from before was an innocent little flower!
Whether it came to fighting or seduction, she could easily keep that girl under her thumb!
Now, she could likewise tell that this newly arrived Fox Demon was a minx... In a contest of seduction, she would lose without question! If it came to an actual fight, she might not win either!
Those bastards in Takamagahara really spared no expense!
Diana cursed inwardly, her fingers curling slightly at her sides.
Tamamo-no-Mae stepped forward, her nine tails swaying gently behind her, stirring a breeze scented with hinoki and a deeper musk that brushed across Diana's face.
She stopped about three paces from Yongye and tilted her head. Her pale purple eyes slid over Diana's face, then settled on Kikyo in the shadows beside the sofa, before returning to Diana's face, which had tightened slightly with wariness.
Her lips curved.
"So this is Diana, daughter of the King of the Gods Zeus, Wonder Woman?"
Her voice was softer, sweeter, and more coy than Diana had expected, like a spoonful of honey warmed just enough to melt, dripping into the ear and sweetening the very heart.
"You really are beautiful."
"Just a little fierce."
She tilted her head, her silvery-white fox ears trembling slightly beneath the lights. Her nine tails spread behind her, curled, then spread again, like nine lengths of silk fluttering in the wind.
"Not like me. I don't know how to fight."
"All I know is how to serve... men!"
Diana's facial muscles tightened in an instant.
She forced a muffled half-sentence through her teeth. "You..."
But Tamamo-no-Mae gave her no chance to finish.
She slowly raised her right hand to the shoulder of her gauzy robe, caught the