[{"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-20":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},1496444,1945,"Chapter 20: CAMP","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-20",20,"\u003Cp>I sat in the carriage alone while horses and the other men in the pack drew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could hear the horses outside; the men were discussing and laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed so normal. I had never for once witnessed an attack on our pack and seen that these men, who had beheaded all the high-ranking male wolves in our pack yet laughed and discussed, sat uncomfortably with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nestled my head against the seat, quietly wondering how my life would be in the new pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew little about the Crescent Pack except that my father had taken over before I was even born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a random story in the pack, but who would have ever thought that it would have come to haunt us?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haunt me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had nothing to do with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had made it clear that I would not live a life of enjoyment in the pack as 'I had' back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wondered if Jessica would have survived this entire ordeal as I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jessica had never known a hard life the way I had. It would have been entirely foreign to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was why he was punishing me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he believed I, Jessica, would not be able to handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only he knew who I indeed was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was getting dark again, and then the men stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard them come down from their horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I peered out to see what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were we making camp?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have been on the road for over a week now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one bothered to tell me anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched as the men made a fire, laid out sleeping sacks, laughed, and drank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't any of you know how to cook?!\" One of the men standing in front of the fire, holding a rabbit, asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give, Robert,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Robert?!\" The first man's eyes widened. \"He burned the last deer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least I did better than any of you.\" The one that Robert finally said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish Olaf wasn't sick, \" the first man complained. He is the one who knows how to cook.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were quiet and seemed very hungry as they ate dried meat and cheese.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched as the first man set aside the sizeable wild pig that had been killed and sat down dejectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My carriage door was flung open, and I jumped from where I had been peeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Xaden, and he was not smiling as usual.\u003C\u002Fp>",413,"2026-06-06T04:22:12.730Z",1,"novelbin.me","7038a873cef874b3415204d14be46d68e6576d54f82e0998091872d2e1f621c5","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-21","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-19",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]