Shadow of the Fox

Once every thousand years, the Great Dragon appears to a mortal to fulfill his most cherished desire. Once every thousand years, the world awaits change—for better or for worse—decided by the one holding the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers. Raised by monks in a distant temple of Quiet Winds, Yumeko spent her whole life learning to hide her nature—an yōkai. Half kitsune, half human, her talent for creating illusions is used only for small pranks. But when an entire host of demons attacks the temple, Yumeko is forced to go on a dangerous journey to protect a fragment of the ancient scroll. Only she isn’t the only one who needs this priceless relic. Kage Tatsumi, the mysterious samurai of the Shadow Clan, is also hunting for the scroll. And he will do anything to find it.