[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride":3,"chapter-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-14":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Alpha's Unwanted Bride",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496438,1945,"Chapter 14: GOODBYE","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-14",14,"\u003Cp>My heart started racing so fast that it felt like it was about to jump out of my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe they would just tell Xaden that I was not the legitimate daughter but an impostor and leave him to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Luna Maria reached out to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When her hand first went over my head, I flinched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then she caressed my messy curls and said, \"My daughter, we love you. No matter what happens, we will find a way to save you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was she saying this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she pulled me into an embrace, and I could perceive her perfume and her feminine warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she let me go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we not allowed to have time with our daughter before you take her away?\" Luna Maria asked. \"After what you did to my son,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it dawned on me that she was pretending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all pretending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't let him know that they had been abusive to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your daughter hasn't seen anything yet.\" He promised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't just leaving the pack I had known my entire life, but the only home I had known to go to somewhere I had never been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go!\" He snapped at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I jumped, and then I was freed from Luna Maria's false embrace, and I went to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost bit my fingertips in anxiety, but then I remembered what Luna Maria had told me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned at me and led me out of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I managed to maintain his stride, but my entire body burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went on faster, and I followed him like a puppy while my inner thighs burned and an overwhelming headache came over me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't keep him waiting!\" Luna hissed behind my ear in a whisper as she pushed. Me forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I managed to rush ahead, but my thighs burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I didn't know was that there was a trail of blood following me from under my dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luna Maria saw it but didn't bother to tell me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, we went to where the horses were, and a carriage was waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood, tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xaden turned to my father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I left a goodbye gift, \" he said, nodding at the castle walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked up and saw the heads of all the high-ranking male wolves staked on wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt sick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I leave my men under the command of this pack.\" He said. \"This is now my property. I'll see you in the next new moon to finish what I started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he turned towards the horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn't seen Urma; I couldn't leave without telling her goodbye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you looking for?\" He asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I paused and looked down at my feet. \"A friend. I need to see her before I leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was that a command?\" he asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shrank in fear and shook my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. Your majesty.\" I quickly bowed. \"Please let me know if I can see my friend before I leave. If you will let me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt his gaze over my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will do no such thing.\" He shocked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, he pushed me upward towards where the horses were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to the carriage to get in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But two guards stood in front of the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't think I'd let your filthy body ride in my carriage, did you?\" He asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he couldn't. I prayed he didn't do what I thought he was about to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're walking the journey.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I heard his country was thousands of miles away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could I walk all the way?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in my state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because I could hardly even walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He got into the carriage himself and slammed the door shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Walk,\" he told me.\u003C\u002Fp>",647,"2026-06-06T04:22:12.730Z",1,"novelbin.me","cf85b771c9de3f4c067112c1a535ef61134940a36f7834830d0e204540b3d0ac","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-15","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-13",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]