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.

"Once a whore, always a whore!" Meh! It was co cliché. As if she hadn't heard of it before. As if she cared what those lowly perverts thought about her. Something like this was not going to affect her in any way.

When Rukia makes a hard choice and leaves for a mission, Byakuya has to find a way to keep her from danger. To stop her continuing the task. And ultimately, to win her back. My second ByaRuki fanfic. Rated M, complete.