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FORTY-THREE: Winter to Spring
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2026-07-12 01:12:52
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This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FORTY-FIVE: Both Veiled
MINTHEBoth Veiled* * *He looks irritated.“Here’s the dress for the ceremony you wanted to speed up so badly. I’m sure looking at these will heal you right up, Minthe. Stop playing these dramatic games.”He actually thinks this is a game.He thinks the blood, the collapsing, the screaming was all just a pathetic ploy to force his hand because he brought Lyria back into the house.I don’t yell. I don’t snap.I just look up at him through my eyelashes, letting my shoulders slump, playing the part of the broken, desperate woman he expects. “I’m sorry for worrying you, Pierre. You’re right. The fabrics are beautiful.”Lyria instantly steps forward, her large, doe-like eyes brimming with unshed tears.She drops the gown she was holding, her hands flying to her chest in a display of perfect, practiced guilt.“Oh, Minthe, I’m so incredibly sorry!” Lyria whimpers, her voice trembling like a leaf in a storm. “The tailors... they insisted I try a few pieces on to check the measurements for
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FORTY-FOUR: Tailors
MINTHETailors* * *Waking up from a system-induced internal hemorrhage feels exactly like drowning in a pool of liquid rust.The metallic tang of my own blood is still glued to the roof of my mouth when my eyes snap open.Ceiling beams. Dark oak. The Ashbourne packhouse west wing.I draw a ragged breath, my chest burning like someone shoved hot coals down my trachea.No red flashing lights. No blaring alarms in my peripheral vision. Just the quiet, suffocating stillness of a bedroom that has never truly felt like mine.“Finally,” a grumpy, cracking voice mutters from the shadows.I twist my head, the motion sending a white-hot spike of agony straight down my spine.Cassian is sprawled on the velvet sofa by the dead fireplace, his long legs dangling over the armrest.He looks completely ridiculous in that oversized Omega maid outfit, but right now, his sour expression is the best thing I’ve ever seen.“You’re alive,” he says, sitting up and cracking his knuckles. “The Alpha alm
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FORTY-THREE: Winter to Spring
MINTHEWinter to Spring* * *The cold from the ice rink creeps up my calves, settling in my ribs.I sit frozen on the bench, gripping my skate laces.The floodlights blur above me, reflecting off the ice where, seconds ago, I let myself feel a flicker of hope.What a fucking joke.Cassian shuffles over in his omega disguise, stopping at the railing.He blinks down at me, noting the hollow look on my face.“You know, the poets back in the imperial capital say that a heart broken in the winter just freezes over until spring,” Cassian says, voice low so passing families won’t hear his true tone. “It doesn’t actually bleed.”I don’t answer him.Instead, I lift both hands and slap my own cheeks.Hard.The crack echoes off the plexiglass.Cassian jumps back, wobbling on his blades. “What the actual fuck, Minthe? Have you finally lost your goddamn mind?”“I’m waking up,” I mutter, rubbing my burning face. “I need to get a fucking hold of myself.”I yank the laces free and rip the skat
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FORTY-TWO: Going Back
MINTHEGoing Back* * * When we arrive at the luxury shopping district, the bright lights of the boutiques make my eyes ache.I march straight into the first designer store, my heels clicking on the marble floor.“I want that one,” I say, pointing at a ridiculous, overly embellished velvet coat on display. “And those boots. The ones with the gold hardware. Bring them to me in my size.”The sales associate scurries off. I turn to Pierre, crossing my arms.I expect him to scowl, to tell me I’m being wasteful. He always used to lecture me about how the Ashbourne pack needs to be frugal.Instead, Pierre just leans against the counter, his eyes tracking my movements. “Get whatever else you want,” he says calmly.I blink, caught off guard. “What?”“You heard me. If you want the coat, get it.”When the bill comes out to a staggering amount, he doesn’t even blink. He just reaches into his pocket, pulls out his black card, and slides it across the counter.My fingers tighten around the
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FORTY-ONE: The Price of Illusion
MINTHEThe Price of Illusion* * *The silk robe feels like ice against my bare skin as I pull the belt tight around my waist.The silence in my bedroom is heavy.I look at the small travel bag on the mattress. It is completely empty.Everything in that closet was bought with Ashbourne money.After I cut ties with the Vale family to run away with a broke second male lead, I didn’t leave myself a safety net.If I leave, I leave with nothing but the clothes on my back and the system ticking behind my eyes.“Minthe, you ready or what?”Cassian’s voice cracks through the silence as he pushes the door open.He’s leaning against the frame, his silver dagger spinning between his fingers. He looks bored, but his tight jaw says he’s just as ready to get out of here as I am.“Yeah,” I say, picking up my coat from the chair. “Let’s go.”We hit the ground floor, my boots clicking against the stone corridors.I keep my head down. Ever since Lyria came back, the feistiness has been draining o
This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead FORTY: Not For Much Longer
MINTHENot For Much Longer* * *Ten minutes later, I am shoving a plastic basket of tokens into his hands inside the loudest, brightest, most chaotic arcade in the central district.At first, it is like pulling teeth.He stands by the air hockey table with his arms locked, staring at the neon lights like they might explode and kill him.But the second I challenge him and intentionally score a point by slamming the puck past his defense, his inner competitive assassin awakens.“You fucking cheated,” he growls, his dark eyes locking onto the plastic puck as it slides across the small holes of air. “Your wrist moved before the countdown finished.”“A win is a win, little man,” I taunt, sliding the mallet against the plastic. “Get good.”“I am literally trained to kill people in their sleep,” he snarls, slamming the puck back so fast it hits the edge of the table with a deafening clack and flies straight into my goal. “Don’t test me.”By the time we leave, our hands are sticky from
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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