“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?

"You shouldn't have done that, little orchid. I can protect myself from her. Nothing she does will ever be able to reach me," Sakura said softly, her conviction evident. That statement wasn't just for Liu's ears.


And even more importantly, it was for Izanami, even in her unconscious state.


The warning was for the queen mother who had dared to be so gutsy in her court. This was a warning laced with a threat, and if Izanami knew what was best for her, she would steer clear.


Because Sakura was calling her mother indirectly. She was daring her mother to refuse the Erasthai claims. She was daring her mother to come up and explain what she had meant and what this truly was for them.


It wasn't going to be easy, but the moment Izanami had drawn her sword for the first strike, she should have known what would follow wasn't even going to be eternal peace or that king of shit.


Chapter 381 - A Crown of Silence, A Heart of Ash [3]