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FIFTY-NINE: One Last Time
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This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead SIXTY: I Wanna Go Home
MINTHEI Wanna Go Home* * * We step out onto the narrow stone balcony overlooking the overgrown pack gardens, the morning wind whipping my hair across my face.The air bites at my cheeks. It smells of dead leaves and old frost, the same bitter chill that has settled in my bones for three years.I lean my palms against the cold stone railing.Behind me, the oak door creaks as Pierre steps onto the landing, his boots scraping the grit.“You’re being completely irrational, Minthe,” Pierre says, his voice carrying that patronizing edge that used to make me fold instantly. “You’re throwing away a life we built together over a momentary lapse in judgment. I told you, Lyria is pack now. She needed a safe place to land.”I don’t turn around.I keep my eyes on the slush-covered rows of the garden below, where nothing grows without a fight.“An irrational life,” I repeat quietly. “Is that what you call three years of balancing your budget on empty promises while you chased ghosts from your p
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FIFTY-NINE: One Last Time
MINTHEOne Last Time* * *“If anyone so much as brushes a finger against her, I will peel your skin off while you are still breathing.”Hades’ voice doesn’t rise. It doesn’t need to.The temperature in the grand hall drops ten degrees. Every Ashbourne warrior who just stepped forward to obey Pierre’s illegal order goes rigid.Their boots stop dead on the marble. Their hands hover over their hilts as they look between Pierre’s manic glare and the flat black eyes of the Imperial Alpha King.Behind the head table, Envoy Vane’s quill freezes over his ledger. Even Elder Marcus has stopped wringing his hands.I stand there in my icy-blue silk dress, the bone corset digging into my ribs, completely numb.Moments ago, Pierre tried to auction me off as collateral to pay for his stolen debts. And for a second, looking at his bloodshot eyes, I feel the old ache of the last three years.The nights balancing ledgers by candlelight.The bruised knuckles. The humiliating patience of a woman who con
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FIFTY-EIGHT: Bankrupt?
MINTHEBankrupt?* * *My brain short-circuits.I stare up at his face, my right hand still pressed flat against his bare chest, my fingers holding his left pec like a goddamn morning pastry.“Jesus fucking Christ!” I gasp, my voice cracking as I scramble backward across the mattress, my ankles tangling in the blanket.Hades moves faster than a whip.His hand shoots out, clamping around my ankle, and yanks me flat onto my back.Before I can suck in a breath, he flips over, pinning my thighs under his weight.He slams his palms onto the mattress on either side of my head, hovering over me.“Where do you think you’re going, sweetheart?” he rasps. His morning voice is thick and rough with sleep.My heart hammers. I press both palms against his shoulders and shove, but it’s like pushing a granite wall.“Get off me!” I snap, glaring up at him. “You a fucking ton!” I yell before realizing what I just said,“I mean . . . please, your majesty.”“You weren’t complaining when you were cupping m
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FIFTY-SEVEN: Bread
MINTHEBread* * *Lyria stands frozen on the elevated stage, her face drained of color while the iron boots of the Imperial Shadow Battalion echo off the stone walls.The sweet composure she wore all night is gone, replaced by pure terror.Behind her, the senior elders look like they’re about to have heart attacks, while the house Omegas scramble backward, clutching serving carts for support.I can’t help the wicked curl of satisfaction settling in my chest.Good fucking luck with fifty bloodthirsty soldiers, sweetie. Let’s see how many silk dresses and tearful smiles it takes to buy fifty barrels of ale and three hundred pounds of salted beef by midnight.Hades doesn’t move an inch.He stays seated in the velvet armchair, his chest rising and falling against my back, his hand still locked around my waist. He looks down at Lyria like she’s a bug he’s deciding whether to crush.“Well?” Hades rasps, cutting through the panicked whispers. “Are my men standing in the hall all night
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FIFTY-SIX: My Soldiers
MINTHEMy Soldiers* * * Lyria swallows hard, forcing a tight, saintly smile back onto her face.The oak exit doors are still vibrating from Pierre slamming them shut.Around us, the remaining guests and visiting Alphas filter out, sensing the shift in the air.The orchestra packs up their violins, the scraping of wooden cases cutting through the silence.Cassian slinks over from the dessert tables, wiping berry jam off his thumb onto his trousers.He stops beside me, leaning his shoulder against mine.“So,” Cassian mutters, his voice raspy with boredom. “Are we going up to sleep in this dump, or am I allowed to go bleed someone?”“Not yet, Cass,” I whisper back, eyes fixed on the stage. “The fun hasn’t even started.”He glances at me, raising an eyebrow. “You’re creepy when you smile like that.”“Shut up and watch.”As the last delegates vanish through the gates, the iron latches drop into place with a clank.Now the only people left are the core members of the Ashbourne Pack—the se
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FIFTY-FIVE: Luna Duties?
MINTHELuna Duties?* * *Pierre wants a public submission, and he expects me to break.He stands at the edge of the elevated stage, tapping his thick finger against the rim of the silver goblet, his eyes fixed on me with a nasty, expectant gleam.He thinks that after three years of walking on eggshells around his fragile ego, I’ll fold.He thinks I’ll shrink back, bat my eyes, or throw a bitter tantrum like the desperate villainess he remembers.Beside me, Hades doesn’t move a single muscle.He just stands there, towering over the room in his massive black fur coat, his pitch-black eyes resting on me.He isn’t stepping in. He’s watching to see how I handle the bone Pierre just threw into the dirt.I pick up the heavy crystal pitcher of dark red wine off the side table.My heels click steadily against the dark marble floor as I cross the grand hall.I walk straight up the four carpeted steps to the main stage, stopping right in front of Pierre’s table. I don’t hesitate.I tilt the pi
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead SIX: Danger
MINTHEDanger* * *I smile at Pierre one last time. Then I turn around and walk out of the room.“Minthe,” Pierre calls sharply behind me. “Don’t start this.”My heels strike hard against the stone floor as I keep walking, one step, then another. My pulse pounds so violently I can hear it inside m
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FIVE: I'm Tired
MINTHEI'm Tired* * *The mirror tells me I’m trapped in this world forever five seconds after the man I love admits he never stopped loving somebody else.Well, that feels personal.I stare at my reflection while the silver letters disappear one by one, fading into the glass until there’s nothing
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FOUR: The Novel
MINTHEThe Novel* * *My stomach twists so hard I press a hand against it. The room suddenly feels too warm despite the rain outside. The fire crackles softly near the windows, shadows moving across the stone walls and expensive furniture I picked myself when we rebuilt this place together.Goddes
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead THREE: A Book Character
MINTHEA Book Character* * *The ceremonial blade is still spinning on the marble when I realize nobody is coming after him.The metallic clang keeps echoing through the hall in uneven rings, scraping against my skull while blood slides slowly down my wrist and drips onto white silk. One dro
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