I was the little princess of the Phoenix clan, yet I fell in love with a scruffy fox.
I knew he was unworthy of being the Phoenix clan’s spirit pet, but I defied everyone’s objections and formed a contract with him.
I even gave him half my heart and used my inner core to temper his bloodline, all to help him claim the throne of the Fox King.
But while we were entwined, he shattered my soul with a single blow. "Only when you’re dead can I be with the Heavenly Phoenix!"
That was when I learned he had long ago fallen for my more noble elder sister, who had been named the Imperial Daughter.
When I awoke again, I saw the fox prostrate at my sister’s feet, begging her to take him as her beast pet.
I smiled.
In all the world, the only one who could help a scruffy fox like him rise to power was me, the War God who had fought my way through seas of blood and corpses!
