“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?

For seven years, Kiyomi had lived in Odanera. 


That was just how many memories she had. She already knew by now that she had been in Odanera for over a hundred years, protected by the mad queen's magic that made sure no one who ever tried to touch her lived to tell the tale. 


And even for years after she had reconciled with her fate and accepted Sakura, Kiyomi's life had pretty much been the same. Emotions shifting like they were bags of rice. But even in the midst of the constant shifts. 


There was one constant in Kiyomi's life.


It didn't matter what Kiyomi did or what her standing with her sister was. Didn't matter if they fought over stupid things and took a little longer to reconcile because of the life in two different realms. 


But not even Kiyomi's nightmares had ever hinted at the sight before her.


Perhaps this was an illusion. Because there was just no way that Elif was on the same side as Liu Kuangxin. There was just no way. 


Chapter 494 - And Even Then, You Were Everything