Yuki simply couldn't take his eyes away off of Rena, who was peacefully sleeping in his arms after their hot session. Memories kept flooding into his head from the old days. Back then, the first time he met Rena, was a fated time that changed both of their lives. He couldn't help but bless that day, because if he was not there on time....things would be very different right now. He used to blame himself for not getting there way earlier, but now, when he was serving Rena-sama for three years, he realized he could have not changed anything, and maybe things would have gotten even worse. Looking at the raven beauty in his embrace, Yuki smiled and closed his eyes, letting the memories from the past flood his mind completely, hoping it will make him fall asleep.

FLASHBACK, 5 years ago

Kashiwagi Yuki always despised his mother to the point where he swore to escape from her grasp one day. No matter the consequences, no matter the fact that his mother's blood was running through his veins. He cherished all the little positive memories he had of his father, because his father left their lives too soon to change Sakiko-sama's obsession over Yuki, not that he had a chance to ever succeed. Not only did his mother made Yuki watch how she slept with many different men everyday and everywhere to the point it sometimes ended up being his room, but also blackmailing him into having with her, his own mother. He would refuse all the time, and every single time he did so she would beat him, tie him up and use him for her needs.

Yuki knew his mother killed his father as he was the one who witnessed the scene. To think mother was cruel and unforgiving was an understatement. His father was a nice man, striving his best to keep the Earl title at all costs so their family would live well and prosper, however, to Sakiko-sama it was of no importance. Not to mention that his father ignored the fact Yuki was not actually his son, since his mother slept with countless men right under his nose, he also let her decide on most of the important things while leading The County. He even went to such lengths where he gave his surname to Yuki and was proud, when years went by and little Yuki improved in a lot of fields. However, his mother killed Rinario for hogging up their son to himself, even if it all was her delusions.

Sakiko-sama was a cruel woman with no guilt feeling implanted in her brains and thus she did whatever she pleased. She said to then thirteen year old Yuki that if he didn't act the way she wanted, she would tell everyone it was him who killed his father. The boy was traumatized and scared for life. He still refused to willingly have with her and one day the worst happened. She was in one of her delusional states and dragged the poor young Yuki to the dungeons. She tied him up, heated the iron to high degree and imprinted MOTHER'S on his side. It went from just below his chest all the way to the middle of his back. It followed her saying in a very sweet voice, that he will belong to her forever and ever. After growing older Yuki had to choose if to stay under her wing and go through all the torture or run away and be called his father's murderer.

Yuki chose to run away and hide in the abandoned hut that he found in the forest once. Back when he was a kid, he used to play all by himself because no one dared to approach him thanks to his royalty. Well, other reason was that some kids would simply make fun of him. Yuki would explore the town, sewers, forest, fields and even the castle while pretending to be in search of the treasure. His father - back then he was still alive - would let him go play freely, letting mother blame Rinario for spoiling the child and taking him away from her, so he had all the time in the world to explore. Well, except the times when his mother would drag Yuki to her room to watch her have with various men or simply use him to get the needed pleasure levels.

So one day, while in search of the imaginary treasure, Yuki found this abandoned hut in the forest and since that day onwards the hut was his hiding place. No one ever came looking for him anyways, but he knew this was his hideout and safe heaven if ever he needed to run and hide, or just spend time alone and escape reality at least for a bit. Thus when he decided on fleeing the castle, the hut was where he went. Yuki would occasionally go check out the situation in the town or castle, and since he knew all the shortcuts, hideouts and secret entrances, it was no big deal to stay unnoticed.

It would be different if his mother kept her words and told everyone that he is the murdered of his father. However, no such thing happened and he was known simply as missing, while Sakiko-sama simply gave birth to another baby boy to keep herself pleased. Yuki fled when he was eighteen and was really fine and well on his own. He had a job as a caretaker at one of the lower class family's and he was happy being in charge of the most simplest things. The pay he got let him live simply but comfortably and Yuki even was able to fix the hut for it to look like a summerhouse. He had no friends even at the age of twenty, not that he ever needed any company, apart from huge loss in his heart due to his father missing from his life.

He really didn't care about his mother and her ways with her new young son, nor he cared that women were being brought to the castle to let the boy get used to the crazy ed-up world that his mother has created in her head. Another reason was that Yuki was waiting for the perfect chance to take revenge on his mother for killing Rinario, and up till then he succeeded in making Sakiko-sama think that he was dead or long gone and lost. Yuki was sure his mother never even once thought about him more than his possession or toy to pleasure her the way she wanted, and just remembering how she treated his father back in the day always made Yuki's blood boil with anger and hatred. His father went through so much pain thanks to that woman and he swore he will not be Kashiwagi Yuki if he didn't succeed in his mission of revenge.

However, a fated time came when he had to act in order to save an innocent soul from being tainted and impure. Yes, he never paid any attention to whatever the mother and her followers were doing, but then he witnessed a little frail girl being carried into the castle. Her clothes were torn, the white dress was full of dirt and he could tell she fainted from all the beating wounds that could be seen on her tiny body. Older women and some of the older teens were of no importance, but a little girl being used was something he could not let happen. Yuki realized this was his chance to finally take revenge on his mother and save that girl at the same time.

Using all the secret passages and hiding places he followed the perpetrators into one of the castle's chambers, where Sakiko-sama and her five year old son were waiting in all their un-glory for the girl to be tossed at them so they could use her in whatever way they pleased. Yuki didn't wait any longer. He unsheathed his sword, jumped out of his hiding place and started slaying all the men in the room, until there were only him, his mother, her son and that girl left in the room. Sakiko-sama stared in shock but not for long. She turned to a pile of clothes, grabbed her own sword and extended the tip into Yuki's direction. Words were flowing out of while her son ran to hide somewhere deeper into the castle. Most of her words were about betrayal and full of hatred, but Yuki could care less. A fight broke out and in the end Yuki succeeded.

He killed his own mother, stabbing her right through her heart and revenging for Rinario and the little girl, who was lying on the floor without any signs of being alive. He approached the lifeless body and was stunned and amazed to see it was a young lady in her teens with her chest slightly heaving, her very pale skin marred with wounds and bruises, her beautiful face covered in dirt and with signs of it being slapped repeatedly. Yuki stood up and went up to his mother's body that was lying in the pool of blood and spit on it. He swore to never comeback here and to never let anyone know about his identity, even if it cost him his life. Yuki also decided to leave the little boy alone. The boy did nothing wrong to him and was only Sakiko-sama's little toy. He hoped for the boy to live a better life than what he had so far.

Then he heard a noise, a faint whisper and he knew it was a girl. He went back to her and took the poor lady in his arms bridal style, carrying her out of the hideous place, all the way back to his hut-now-summerhouse. Yuki laid the lady on his bed and treated all the wounds and bruises in the best way possible, ignoring the alluring body that the girl possessed. After he washed her up and made sure she is the best condition possible, he only then let himself look at her with the man's eyes. He regretted it right away. The girl was more than gorgeous, she was of fascinating and stunning beauty but it was not all.

There was just something about her that made Yuki's heart beat faster than usual. He never had this feeling in his chest before, where one's heart feels like it is clutched in the hand of the person you're looking at. He felt like if he was never to see her again, his heart would fail on him. As weeks passed by, Yuki realized he fell in love with the beauty in his bed. While the girl was slowly recovering, she was still not waking up, which made it harder for him to go to work everyday. The man got used to seeing the girl right after he got back home every time, however, he knew that the day when they have to part will come. Soon his premonition came true.

END OF FLASHBACK, 5 years ago

Feeling the princess stir in his arms Yuki returned from the journey of his past and looked at the girl in front of him. Her lips were slightly parted, with her chest going up and down in a steady rhythm. Her ever so pale skin was in a huge contrast with her long black hair, but it was what made her even more exceptionally flawless in his eyes. The butler used his free hand to undo the buttons of his shirt and his eyes right away squinted. He still couldn't stand seeing the scar from back when he was thirteen. It was the only thing, other than the thought of a now older boy being somewhere alive and having their mother's blood, that reminded him of his past. And he knew he will never be able to forget it. Ever.