[KIYOMI]
"I hated that she was always going to be the one to fill the void you forced between us, and I wanted you to feel something. Or maybe I just wanted you to feel what I felt at the time. What I did was cruel, and I wouldn't blame you for coming after me.
"That is why I cancelled the pet contract. You're too important to me, Kiyomi. And perhaps mother was right. I am not meant to be loved. I don't say this to try and reach your heart; no. I say this because I know it too.
"I have come to accept that little truth, and have finally made peace with it. Everything I love is bound to be in ruins. I loved my mother, and she turned out to be the one who ruined me the most. I love you, and I tore your heart apart because you broke mine.
"I can't be the reason you never smile again, and we both know that as long as you stay with me in the palace, as long as I am bound to you, you will never be happy. You will always be stuck in some sinister plot to get to me.
