“No… I won't.”
“Oh, petal, I wasn't asking. You WILL marry me.”
****

Dr. Kiyomi, a neurosurgeon rogue lycan, lives in & never leaves the human hospital— the safest place for her. That’s until a high-profile mafia surgery goes wrong and she’s blamed for it despite being on leave. 

Suddenly the limelight is on her, forcing her rare last name back into the memories of people who have long wanted her dead — the Bogdan Lycans. As if that isn't enough, the Ivanov Russian mob is after her with vengeance in their hearts. 

Scared, Kiyomi leaves the hospital pretending to be a night-shift male nurse — which works, only for her to be kidnapped at the hospital’s entrance, by the cruel lycan queen’s guards who drag her to the queen Sakura’s human home.
— — — 
Sakura Watanabe; the soulless crazy queen known to screw up everyone for fun. She ruins everything she touches and sucks the life out of everyone around her. She is bad, cruel, and a menace who does whatever she wants, however, and whenever she wants it.

When she hears of Dr. Kiyomi’s misfortunes, she is curious to see what will make that lycan break, and orders that Kiyomi be brought to her, so she can sign the infamous Sakura contract that always leaves the signee dead, dead and dead. 

What Sakura doesn't factor in is the fact that the woman who walks through her door is her soulmate. And even worse is the desire she gets to protect Kiyomi. Not one to relent in the hands of fate, Sakura forces Kiyomi to sign the oppressive contract.

What happens when Sakura's heart starts beating for Kiyomi, and she goes after everyone who hurt her soulmate? Will she cancel the contract and embrace love, or will she stay the stoic soulless queen with nothing to live for?

And even better, how long can Sakura fight fate?

"Out… Get the fuck out!!" Sakura bellowed. 


"You and I know I have the antidote, Sakura… question is… What price are you willing to pay for it?" Izanami asked, unbothered by the way her daughter didn't want her to be here. She had been bested, and even that didn't seem to be hitting her anytime soon. 


Maybe it would when the sun rose high up in the sky, no? Even then, Izanami held her ground as her daughter glared at her like this was never going to happen. 


They both knew that Liu would die eventually. 


They both knew that there was a very high chance that Sakura would go to bed tonight, a broken woman without an Erasthai. 


Izanami had always been cunning, and she always loved torturing her daughter like it were the only thing that she lived for. Which was why her mentions of an antidote didn't spark anger from Sakura. 


Chapter 384 - A Crown of Silence, A Heart of Ash [6]