Special Spin-off Chapter 4
What If: Moments of Choice (4)
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It felt like a scene from a dream.
Actually, I'd dreamt of it many times before.
On that cold winter day when Aiden left the imperial capital, I often dreamt of his return amidst the falling snow.
Whenever I almost forgot about it, that dream would revisit me, leaving me confused and ruining my day with unease.
It was the very dream that had begun to feel like a recurring nightmare. But what played out before me now was no nightmare; it was a vivid reality.
The biting cold, the blinding snowstorm, and those golden eyes that seemed to gaze at me from another realm - everything was undeniably real.
"..."
I stood there, still unable to take a single step, and mumbled to myself.
I couldn't find the right words to say.
Unshed tears and indignation, the pity and sadness I felt towards him all pooled up in my throat, rendering me speechless.
