Byakuya has lived everything there is to live for hundreds of years, being a powerful and skilled demon. Then his path crosses fatefully with a headstrong human girl, and he realizes he might not have lived... or loved long enough. AU ByaRuki fic, rated M.

With no past, a special personality and even more special circumstances that mark her as a possible threat, she still melted his heart's ice. A love will be born and tested as imminent battles approach. Some will be fought within themselves, and some will be fought to have a future. Mystery, action, angst, comedy. ByakuyaOC

It was over. Hueco Mundo lay in ruin. The Arrancar were defeated by their foes. Yet none could take pleasure in this, for their losses were great. To Kuchiki Byakuya, there was no doubt that he would have, should have, perished there. But he didn't. Why?