His Choice To Love, His Kin To Kill 소설 & 이야기

It is of no use to me anymore to obsess over a love that cannot be fixed, he made his choice, and now I have to make mine. “Okay but then there is still a problem, I don’t think I am physically capable of fighting him. And I’m not going to murder him, father, if I do this. I refuse to slit his throat when his back is turned if you know what I mean. If I’m going to kill him then I want to earn his death, I want the fight to be fair, and I want him to know that it’s me when it happens.” He smiles at my answer with pride beaming in his eyes.

“Princess, I am not going to lie to you, but I am not going to sit by and accept what he did to my father. And there is one thing you need to understand. An eye for an eye is real. In this world, you don’t take and not give. Blood for blood. A bullet for a bullet. Whichever way you see it. Revenge is sweet, and god forbid if you find yourself on the other side of it.” I pull her closer to my trembling chest again and softly whisper in her ear, “I love you. And I am not going to sit here and not understand how hard this must be for you. And, yes, it is, unfortunately, a situation where you are going to have to choose a side. But princess, no sugar-coated fairies here; when this war is over, s

He paused, his gaze distant, as though gathering the words he needed to say. “You’ve seen Khalid for what he is, haven’t you?” His voice was calm, measured, but there was an undercurrent of something deeper in it. “You see his flaws. His darkness. But you also see his love for you. The way he has fought for you. The way he would kill for you.” I flinched, the word "kill" like a slap, but I didn’t argue. It was the truth. He had killed. “But love is not perfect,” my father continued, his voice soft but unwavering. “Love is not always kind. Sometimes, it is born in darkness. Sometimes, it grows in ways we don’t expect, or want. But that does not mean it is not real.”

“They were leaders who tried to fix a broken system. They thought if they loved hard enough—fought hard enough—they could change everything. And it got them killed. Kane saw that. And instead of following their path, he ran in the other direction.” “He thinks love is a death sentence,” I whispered. The Alpha King nodded. “Every time he’s cared, he’s lost. So now, when something good enters his life, he destroys it before it has the chance to be taken from him.”

“Aurora’s mother. I wanted her. Before James. Before she got pregnant. I asked. She chose him. Said I reminded her too much of the world she wanted to escape.” His voice hardened, bitter and low. “She was supposed to be mine. I gave her time to play house. Time to love him. Time to raise that girl. But every time I saw them together… I couldn’t stand it.i couldn't…”his voice trailed…. “You killed her because she didn’t love you?” “I killed her,” he said evenly, “so I wouldn’t have to watch them anymore.” I staggered back, bile rising in my throat. My stomach churned.

Sparks spread across my shoulder, as her hand gently rests on me and I turn to face her. My shirt swamps her body and looks more akin to a night dress, with her toned legs peeking out at the bottom. My scent mixing with hers is intoxicating and my body responds to the temptation. I pull her into my arms and press my nose to her neck. “Will you tell me what happened? I need to understand, how are you able to kill one rogue without hesitation, but then choose to spare the others?” “The one I killed was beyond redemption, he was sent, because he enjoys harming others, including children. The brothers, I spared because they were forced to obey.”

Not as his last breath broke free and frothed between bloodied teeth. No mercy. No regrets. Thorne would have killed me. Sampson could have taken Kellan. Thorne would have burned this place to cinders and called it justice. He was my blood once. But so was the pack of wolves that taught me violence was love. Thorne had made his choice. And I had made mine.

Before I can summon another spell, the air around him begins to shimmer. “I’ll go,” he says, already fading. “But I’ll leave you with one truth.” He meets my gaze. “When the choice comes, it won’t be about good and evil. It won’t even be about love.” His smile twists. “It’ll be about power. And which version of yourself you’re willing to kill to survive.” And then he’s gone. The room is silent. Still. But the scent of cedar smoke and silk remains, clinging to the edges like a ghost.

We show him the thousands of tiny, conscious choices—to be patient when we are tired, to be kind when we are angry, to stay when every instinct screams to run from the sheer, terrifying responsibility of him. We show him that it is work. Hard, unending work. And we show him that we choose it. Gladly. We would choose it over a thousand fated, easy loves. We let him feel the volcanic, undeniable truth: that a love born of choice is not a weaker love. It is a stronger one. It is a love that has been tested, and has chosen to hold on. It is a love that looks into the abyss of other options, other easier, quieter lives, and says no. This one. This child. This man. This life.

"But you will be. In three months. When everything ends or everything survives. When you face your father. When you choose between saving him and saving existence. When you discover that some choices are worse than death." The training begins. Magic flows. Death power floods through me. And somewhere, in the void between worlds, my father watches. Waits. Plans. He thinks he'll win. He thinks revenge is stronger than love. He thinks death is the end. But he's wrong. I've proven it two thousand times. Death isn't the end. Love is what survives. And I'm going to prove it one more time. Even if it means destroying the man who gave me life to save the concept that takes it.