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TWELVE: The Villain

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MINTHE

The Villain

* * *

The sight of my mother’s necklace around another woman’s throat almost makes me forget how to breathe.

It’s not even because of the sapphire, or because of the gold clasp I spent an hour trying to fix with shaking fingers and swollen hands. But because she looks comfortable wearing it.

It’s as if it belongs there.

Like she belongs here.

The fire snaps softly beside her, orange light sliding across the cream silk of her nightdress while she sits curled neatly aga
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  • This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead   TWELVE: The Villain

    MINTHEThe Villain* * *The sight of my mother’s necklace around another woman’s throat almost makes me forget how to breathe. It’s not even because of the sapphire, or because of the gold clasp I spent an hour trying to fix with shaking fingers and swollen hands. But because she looks comfortable wearing it.It’s as if it belongs there. Like she belongs here.The fire snaps softly beside her, orange light sliding across the cream silk of her nightdress while she sits curled neatly against the chair. Her hair spills over one shoulder.She looks calm and delicate while I’m standing in the doorway barefoot with a swollen ankle, wrinkled clothes, and enough humiliation sitting in my chest to make me feel physically sick.For a second, neither of us speaks. Then Lyria lifts one hand to the necklace lightly. “Oh,” she says softly, as if realizing what I was asking for.“Pierre gave it back to me earlier.”The words sinks into my stomach heavily. Pierre gave it back. I stare at he

  • This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead   ELEVEN: Sapphire Necklace

    MINTHESapphire Necklace* * *The first thing I realize is that Pierre is still holding my wrist. He’s gripping it tight enough that I can feel the heat of his palm pressing against the bruise already forming beneath my skin.The hallway has gone completely silent around us. Servants stand frozen beside overturned trunks and shattered perfume bottles, pretending not to stare while absolutely fucking staring. Sweet floral perfume clings thickly to the air. Glass crunches beneath somebody’s shoe before they immediately step back again.Lyria’s breathing trembles softly behind Pierre. A performance worthy of applause. My mother’s sapphire rests against her throat, gleaming beneath the candlelight. And Pierre is looking at me as if I’m the problem.“Apologize,” he repeats coldly.I look at him for a long second, and this time, I really look at him. His dark hair is slightly disheveled from rushing here, his jaw tight, protective, angry—not because I’m hurt, not because I fell hard

  • This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead   TEN: Not Beside Me, Between Us

    MINTHENot Beside Me, Between Us* * *I stare at him from the doorway, cold air still clinging to my cloak from outside. Lyria shifts weakly beneath my blankets—my fucking blankets—and Pierre stays beside her bed with that wet cloth still in his hand. The room smells faintly of medicine herbs and lavender oil.I used to sleep here every night. Funny.“I visited my family,” I say quietly.Pierre’s brows pull together instantly. “Your family?”“Mm.”“You haven’t visited House Vale in years.”I shrug one shoulder carefully, suddenly too tired to hold my own body upright. “People do strange things after almost dying in a mountain ravine.”His jaw flexes. His eyes move over me again—slow this time. The black imperial cloak. The silver stitching at my cuffs. The bandage wrapped around my throat. Recognition flickers across his face, then suspicion follows right after.“You went to the Imperial Pack.”I don’t answer.“Minthe.”I laugh softly under my breath because of course this is happeni

  • This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead   NINE: Baby

    MINTHEBaby* * *The first thing I realize when I wake up is that the Alpha King sleeps very silently.He could have killed me in my sleep and I wouldn’t have known.I stare up at the dark ceiling from the floor beside the ruined bed, wrapped in a blanket that smells faintly of smoke and cedarwood.“Who put this?” I scratch my head.My neck aches, my shoulders ache, my entire body feels bruised from the last twenty-four hours. Pierre leaving me at the altar.Nearly dying on a mountain road. Proposing political fraud to the most dangerous man in the empire.My life has become a fucking circus.Soft gray light slips through the massive windows. Rain still clings to the glass in streaks, though the storm has mostly passed.The fire burned low sometime during the night, leaving the room colder now. I push myself upright slowly, wincing when the cuts on my palms pull against the bandages.A movement across the room makes me freeze.Hades is already awake.Of course he is.He sits on the c

  • This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead   EIGHT: Sexual Evidences

    MINTHESexual Evidences* * *His grip stays firm on my jaw, and he could break me apart if he wanted to and would still look bored while doing it.My pulse pounds so hard I feel it behind my eyes.Fuck it. If I’m going to die tonight, I might as well die committed to the performance.So I lift my hand slowly and drag one finger along the sharp line of his jaw. His expression doesn’t change, which somehow makes it worse. I slide my finger lower, over the strong column of his throat, feeling the movement of his swallow beneath my fingertip—warm skin, steady pulse, the faint scratch of stubble against my thumb.Oh my God. Oh my God. This man is going to rip my spine out.But I smile anyway.“You’re wrong,” I whisper.Hades watches me carefully. I lean closer until my lips nearly brush his cheek. “Pierre rejecting me is exactly why I’m useful now.”His thumb stills against my skin.“I don’t have anything left to lose anymore.” My voice drops quieter. “And people with nothing left are dan

  • This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead   SEVEN: Abandoned

    MINTHEAbandoned* * *[DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!]Then another line slams beneath it.[CONTINUE FORWARD AND THE STORYLINE WILL IRREVERSIBLY CHANGE.]No fucking shit.My stomach twists. I’m still on my knees on the black obsidian floor, soaked from head to toe, blood sliding slowly down my fingers and dripping quietly onto the polished stone beneath me.Rainwater pools around the hem of my ruined dress while every person in the throne room stands frozen. Nobody breathes. Nobody moves.And the Alpha King keeps staring at me.God. Up close, he’s worse.The novel never described the weight of him properly that even the guards holding my arms loosen slightly without realizing it, instinctively reacting to him the way prey reacts to a predator entering the dark.I should leave. I should apologize, make some excuse, crawl out before I accidentally rewrite the entire fucking plot beyond repair.But Pierre’s face flashes through my head anyway. Standing beside Lyria.Something ugly settles in m

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