[YUZUKI]
'You do whatever you want. I will only say this once and if you fail, you will never be reincarnated, nor will you ever be able to see Matsui, not even in the afterlife,' the voice insisted.
Yuzuki nearly growled at the woman. There was no way she was being threatened by a voice in her head. Was this peak madness? Was this the worst thing that could have happened to her? What about Matsu?
'What is that supposed to mean? Where is my Matsu? Did my kitten reincarnate too? Please… tell me,' Yuzuki pleaded and the voice scoffed at her pleas. It was as if this was the most exciting thing that the woman in her head had ever heard.
Yuzuki didn't mind this time.
Honestly, she was down for whatever the fuck was expected from her as long as she saw her Matsu again and did right by her in this life. As long as she found her way back to the woman who had loved her so much that she chose death over power, alongside the unhinged Kazuya.
"The queen is asleep. We can come back later," the voices around Yuzuki said.
Yuzuki breathed a sigh of relief when she heard them leave and the door closed. She knew that she could finally open her eyes, but a part of her wanted to finish the conversation with the woman in her head, out of fear that opening her eyes would have the woman disappearing and she would be back in hell again.
Even if she was hallucinating or dreaming, this was the kind of hope that Yuzuki had prayed for on the day that she had lost her Matsui. She would do whatever was given to her even if she had to be the villainess of her realm.
She didn't care.
As long as she found her Matsu.
'All you need to know is that you have to do your best to make sure Kazuya doesn't stray or hurt people like he did with your pack. You have to control him or kill him. Whichever works for you.
"The only clue I'll give you… is Kazuya's enforcer, Ayami Araki. She has a thing for women like you,' the voice said and for a moment there Yuzuki was offended.
She was here ready to do whatever it took to get her mate back and her vengeance, yet the incessant voice in her head was talking about some enforcer that was loyal to Kazuya. What the fuck was she supposed to do with that information?
'Are you crazy or what?' Yuzuki asked.
'The choice is yours, Yuzuki. Unless you don't want to hear your Matsu call you 'Yuzu' again, I suggest you use the history you have and get to work. Remember to be exactly like Queen Kuramitsu or your plans will fail.
'I wish you luck and see you at the end,' his voice said. It then faded before Yuzuki could say another word. It was all so real, so unbearably real, and yet right there and then, she knew she had her mission.
She just needed to get her homework on whoever the fuck Kazuya's enforcer was and her life would be better, right?
"Goddess have mercy on us all," Yuzuki whispered before she forced her eyes open and the sight that met her was very unexpected, to say the least. Perhaps she truly was a queen in this life, right?
Oh, Yuzuki and the things she would do to meet with her mate.
"For Matsu... for my beautiful kitten," Yuzuki reminded herself.
"I'm stronger this time, Matsu," Yuzuki whispered softly, before adding, "I'll find you, my sweet kitten."
****
Yuzuki could have sworn that she had been awake, thinking about Matsui in the new kingdom. She had been so confident about what she was in her head that she didn't even realize when she had fallen asleep.
Or was it the exhaustion that came with the headaches that threatened to split her head apart? Well, there was no telling what it really was this time, because hours later, she was woken up by gentle knocks at the door of the chambers she was in.
She wanted to send the person away again, but she knew that there was only so much sleep she could get here, and even worse, so much that she could do as she lay in bed all day.
Clearly, that wasn't the custom for the werewolf queen whose body Yuzuki had taken over.
It had been confusing for her when she had woken up and realized that everything was different but with the explanation she had gotten, she knew that she had to prepare herself for either the best or the worst.
Sleeping a second time had helped Yuzuki come to terms with the new memories in her head and if she was being honest, she loved the woman she had been forced to become.
This woman was wild and levels of unhinged and Yuzuki would get to do whatever the fuck she wanted with her body. That was a flex that she would never let go of and right now she was very thankful to the moon goddess for the chance.
"Your majesty?" a voice came from the other end of the door and Yuzuki groaned. She didn't want to interact with anyone at this moment, honestly. All she wanted was to stay here and figure out what part of the plan she would have to act on first.
She didn't quite have one yet, but she was more than willing to improvise. She had learned so many things as a Fukada alpha and with the power and memories she had gotten of Queen Kuramitsu, she would figure it out with ease, right?
Of course, Yuzuki was a tad scared that she wouldn't be able to match the cruelty of queen Kuramitsu or even the way the woman had always addressed other people, but she could probably attribute it to the headaches she had.
Besides, she had heard them claim earlier that she had fallen. That was a good enough excuse for temporary memory loss and behavioral changes while she waited to find her way through this. She had to be at her best and make certain that everything was right.
'What would Kuramitsu do?' Yuzuki asked herself as she stared at the door, a few feet away.
It looked so inviting and the old Yuzuki would have responded kindly and told the person to come in, or maybe told them that she was a little busy and that they could come back later.
But then given the information she had on the wild queen; she knew that that was some shit that wouldn't be able to work on the people of Kurayami. She had to be herself. So, she kept the door shut.
She had magic now, which made her a werewolf-warlock hybrid, and her hold on the handle wouldn't ever be released by anyone anyway.
'The cruelest queen in the realm, huh?' Yuzuki sighed as he got up from the huge bed that was covered in so many blankets you would think that it is always snowing in this damn place.
Of course, she knew about the weather and she knew damn well that there was no logical reason as to why anyone would sleep under so many covers, but then she couldn't quit complaining anyway.
She was living on someone's time and she just had to be thankful.
"Go away, I don't want to see anyone here," Yuzuki said in the coldest voice she could master and she could have sworn she heard the people outside take a few steps away from the door of her new chambers.
Perhaps that was all she had to do.
She had to be the unhinged woman even to her people and she could blame it all on her current situation, right?
"But your majesty… it is time," the servant spoke and Yuzuki let out a frustrated groan.
This woman really didn't know what indirect 'no' meant, huh?