[{"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-19":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},1496443,1945,"Chapter 19: A SAD GOODBYE","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>After a few days of taking care of me and treating my wounds, I was well enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave me some medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need to take these, \" she advised. They will help you feel stronger and eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had helped me even though I was a stranger to her, even though she had known me for a couple of days when I had stayed back home in the pack, and no one bothered to help me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" I said. \"I don't know how to thank you enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't need to.\" She promised me. \"That's what people do. Help each other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn't seen Alpha Xaden or any of his men all through the days I had been awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had remained in the room until I had completely healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those lashes on your back.\" She told me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew who I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least from what she told me, she knew that I was not Jessica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled weakly. \"I was disrespectful, and I was punished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You weren't.\" She told me. \"Even if you were, no one deserves this. Especially not when it's their blood that orders it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suddenly felt ashamed and embarrassed that she knew everything about me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could I explain to her that I was a bastard and nothing good could ever come out of me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had killed my mother when I came back from this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish I could tell you, but I can't.\" She said. \"You have a destiny, Jasmine. Great one. Keep that in mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Me? Have a destiny? All I had done alive was suffer, which I would do when I got to Alpha Xaden's pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had made that as clear as day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't stop Xaden from anything he wants to do.\" She said. \"He is a man who is fuelled by revenge. I wish I could. And I'm sorry you are suffering for something you're innocent of.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bit my lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You kept my secret safe; you healed and cared for me,\" I said. \"I have no idea how to pay you back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't need to.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she frowned and looked at the necklace on my neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who gave you that?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It belonged to my mother. She died after my birth.\" I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at it for a while and said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alpha Xaden hates me.\" It wasn't a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded, and she led me outside the bedroom in the new dress she had gotten for me and my red curls made in a single braid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took in the entire house because it was the first time I had seen it since I had been unconscious when I came in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the men were all waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes are on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden was the first I saw; he seemed to look even more handsome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at the ground, aware that I was ugly and he was most likely disgusted by my appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door to the carriage was opened as if inviting me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You would ride inside. I've spoken to Xaden.\" Elena said she was surprising me. \"You're still weak and can't even ride a horse because of what happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt my face flush with embarrassment and go red. All the men would know what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She led me into the carriage and helped me in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for everything,\" I said from the bottom of my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled at me and turned to say something to Xaden in a different wolf turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded and then turned towards the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I assumed maybe he would come in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he turned to a horse that stood beside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hated me and wanted nothing to do with me. He would rather ride on his horse than with me in the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry that I fell sick and made you waste your time.\" I apologized to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stiffened and said it without looking at me. \"Save your falsehoods and keep your lies to yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he got on his horse and led the party on the continued journey.\u003C\u002Fp>",700,"2026-06-06T04:22:12.730Z",1,"novelbin.me","4e7b3797a6dd6c055e4d840770a64466f31c255fb7c8c60093a0efcbcf94b51e","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-20","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-18",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]