[{"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-221":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},1496845,1945,"Chapter 221: ERIK’S PAST","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-221",221,"\u003Cp>Early the next morning, at the break of dawn, Erik was woken up by his wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat up and saw that it was already dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stretched and then got up to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Xaden and the other men still sleeping and decided against waking them immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still had till about an hour before they began the journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went down to where there had been a lake and went to have a bath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of his daughter and wondered if she was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was certain, above all, that she missed him. He felt himself release all the weight of the previous night as he undressed and went to swim in the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Xaden had said about him having something with Jasmine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had triggered something in him, awakened memories of his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not allowed to think of his wife. After all, he saw her every day in his little daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatest gift he had received from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he soaked in the lake his mind went to a distant memory he had had locked up in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just returned from one of the routes with members of his pack and saw her cross her arms and frown at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been heavily pregnant, and she was unlike any other pregnant woman he had met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never threw tantrums, she never got upset, and she was delighted at everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only looked more beautiful than he believed she could be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for her cravings, there was only one thing she desired: him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whenever she did not have him, she got a bit upset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not mind that that was all the only cravings she had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, if he could delve into it every minute of the day, he would be a much happier man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My husband returns from his fights.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he hugged her and tried to kiss her neck, but she pushed him away and frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around and folded her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is my angel upset?\" he asked as he set his fingers against her arms, lazily tracing them in a way he knew she adored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She moved away from him. \"I will not be seduced. I am furious, and dare I say that my fury is quite reasonable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The servants whispered and giggled as they were enjoying the scene between their lady and master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, I will never say or believe that your reason to be upset is unnecessary, \" he told her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pouted her mouth, knowing that he was only teasing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She scowled and stomped her feet, but it only made her look more clownish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her small and with her large stomach protruding her beautiful dress and go red in anger made him laugh so hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laughed so hard that tears began to spill from his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dropped her mouth open, and then she went red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only making it worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he was trying his best not to die of laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is funny?! What did I say that was funny?\" She asked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He managed to stop laughing. \"Nothing, my love.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he playfully touched her hair and rolled it in his fingertips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolutely nothing, my love.\" He repeated as he drew close to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh you must take me for quite a joke.\" She cried and started to run away. \"I must look ugly fat and large.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he caught her and pulled her back to him. \"Why would ever think that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was confused that she would say such a thing about herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sniffed over and over, and then he saw that there were tears in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had so badly disturbed her to tears?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was usually very lively regardless of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My love, you are not fat and ugly or too round. You are perfect. In fact, you are more beautiful—the most beautiful I have ever seen you, \" he said, and then she looked up at him with puppy-dog eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a thought occurred to him. \"Did someone perhaps tell you that you were large and round?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to grow with anger, and she hurriedly shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" She said, then she wiped her tears away. \"I just believe I am quite emotional.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled her up to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that this time would surely come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was bound to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are beautiful.\" He whispered to her hair. \"And you are every shade of the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. You would NEVER be ugly to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held her so firmly until she had stopped crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she let go and looked up at him, and then she touched her large stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sometimes I fear for you.\" She said, and then she swallowed. \"I have been having dreams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned. \"Dreams?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been gifted by the goddess with the gift of sight, although most times, they did not come to pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What type of dreams?\" He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head and he saw how cold she had become. \"We can not speak of it. If we do it might come to pass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he frowned further more anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have called for the priestess to come by.\" She said as she cleaned the last bit of tears in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will make some prayer and sacrifice, but I desire you to promise me something.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you even-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me you promise no matter what I say.\" She snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That took him aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swallowed, and then he nodded and said. \"I promise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed and touched his cheek. \"No matter what happens, you will be happy. You will be you, and even if I am not here, you will protect our daughter. Then you will find love if it finds you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erik could not believe her words: \"Nothing will happen to you! You are the love of my life, and that is all there is to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled weakly. \"And that is true. You are the only man that I will ever love. You are my soul mate, even though that we are not mates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it clenched him with the gnawing reminder that they were not bound mates.\u003C\u002Fp>",1056,"2026-06-06T04:22:13.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","f6691f94bc3bde0272efb190691845df24e722a30f3fae24967bad3d0154ed12","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-222","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-220",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]