Absolute Choice 소설 & 이야기

"My son is stubborn. He believes in that cursed forbidden book. Believes loving his true mate will doom the kingdom." Jo blinked rapidly, her mind struggling to catch up. "But I don't believe in fate," Sarah said, voice soft but steady. "I believe in free will. And I believe the true catastrophe would be him living without you." Jo’s chest ached. Tears burned the back of her eyes. Sarah leaned in closer, her hand brushing Jo’s cheek. "You don't have to fight this alone," she said. "But you do have to choose." Jo tried to swallow the lump in her throat. For the first time in a long time, someone was giving her a choice—not a command, not an order. A real choice.

The handwritten copies are findings from Bibliothèque Nationale de France. [sic] The power of the imprint, or thrall, is irresistible. For such a bonding leaves no question of the physical and genetic perfection that would result from such a pairing. Among werewolves, the imprint is unique, a monogamous pairing. Among mere shifters, however, the imprint is of a common occurrence. As in the animal world, the female shifter is able to choose her mate from among many males vying for her attention. Her final selection is often only from those she alone has deemed genetically acceptable.

“If.if you are the moon goddess then why did you write so much pain in my mother’s destiny?” “She herself asked for those pains to give you what you want which was not written in your destiny. Now, choose carefully my child between LOVE OR REVENGE. If you will choose LOVE, you will be blessed with a loving mate for a life and if you will choose REVENGE then you will be blessed with a powerful wolf and his curse.” “I will go with the second option.” “Your future will be the outcome of the present decision, Zayden, So choose carefully.” “I believe I already made a choice.”

Alice's breathing accelerated when the old man paused turning the page and pointing at it. "We called such benefit from Moon Goddess "a choice" Alpha Raymond was one of the rare cases who had gotten a choice. He had a choice of accepting the girl who wasn't destined for him, he had the whole decision in his hand to change the destiny decided for him before he was born, and you were the girl benefited to him as a choice." Alice's lips parted in pure astonishment, so they weren't destined to be mates from the very start, but why would Moon Goddess gave Raymond a choice?

⸻ Not power. But choice.

Connection over control. Choosing each other.

“You may not return.” Ronan didn’t look at it. “I know.” I looked between them, heart pounding. “And if I refuse?” I asked. Ashael’s gaze softened—just slightly. “Then the Old Standard crowns their Absolute,” it said. “And the hunt ends with your silence.” The choice pressed down on me—heavy, unavoidable. Behind me, the Freebound stirred. Ahead of me, the unknown waited. I clenched my hands. “Show me,” I said. The ground beneath our feet cracked—not breaking, but opening.

Luke represented choice. Vincent represented possession. And I chose myself.

We’re beyond existence and I’m furious about it. “You didn’t wait for my answer!” I shout at Absolute, unified voice carrying both death-counselor’s indignation and survival-entity’s rage. “I was CHOOSING and you just, you grabbed us anyway!” “I knew what you’d choose,” Absolute replies with cosmic certainty that makes me want to punch something that doesn’t have form to punch. “You’d say no. Stay with saved reality. Protect consciousness you fought for. That’s your pattern, sacrifice transcendence for others’ survival. So I eliminated the choice. Brought you here anyway. You’re welcome.”

She was choosing it. Completely.