Sequel to An Unlikely Seduction. After months of avoidance, fate has thrown Itachi back in Sakura's face when a failed mission nearly claims his life. Her greatest challenges lie ahead, while trying to navigate a maelstrom of conflicting emotions & maintain the string of lies & secrets she's managed to tangle herself and those close to her in, particularly Sasuke. ItaSak, Nonmass.

Sakura swallows her pride and pays Sasuke a visit to apologize for something she had done the previous day, only for fate to throw her face-to-face and alone with his infamous older brother, Itachi Uchiha. Pleasantries unravel into a heated debate, and the mounting tension climaxes into the unfathomable. ItaSaku. Non-Mass. Warning inside.

He was an ass, an absolute asshole, but, he was her patient and there wasn't much to be done about it. He didn't need her, he didn't need anyone; what he didn't plan on was *wanting* her. Post 4th War; Set in Konoha

Nothing could possibly have prepared him for this. Girls were nothing but trouble, he decided quietly. Not that he would really have it any other way. Non-massacre.

Two enemies strike a bargain to save what they both hold dear. He will reveal a truth that shakes her beliefs, drawing her into a web of lies and betrayal. She will offer the redemption for which he never hoped and show him how to be human again. ItaSaku.

ItaSaku She saved his life out of compassion, and he took advantage of her kind heart. Before she knew what was going on, he had bound her to him in a way she had never expected, and what scared her the most was that he was never going to let her go.