[KIYOMI]
Two days.
That was all the time that Kiyomi had before shit went sideways.
Before she had to leave the grand palace and accept the fact that she had become a liability to Sakura Watanabe. It wasn't that hard to tell her the way that Sakura had spoken to her earlier.
It wasn't the kind of talk that would have her wondering if her eyes stood with the Lycan queen, no.
It was clear.
Sakura had been honest with her, and there was no reason for her to hold onto things that possibly wouldn't come to fruition. And in her desperation to get up and walk, Kiyomi did the one thing that she promised herself she would never do.
She leaned into her Erasthai bond with Sakura.
Sure, they had been separated for almost a year now, and their bond was bound to fade, but the fact that Sakura had been beside Kiyomi in her hour of need.
