[{"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-238":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},1496862,1945,"Chapter 238: THE INTERROGATION 1","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-238",238,"\u003Cp>\"Jasmine, you are being called to Alpha Xaden’s throne room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the first thing the guards said to Jasmine when they came and met her with Fiona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up at them with surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh.\" She mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona looked at the cross. \"What is going on? Why is he calling her like something is wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can not give the details of our assignment.\" One of the guards simply replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But she needs to come along with us. Immediately.\" The other said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine gently put her hand on Fiona’s thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not worry.\" She assured her. \"Maybe he just wants to see me. He was really distressed about Eleanor’s death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona looked at the guards with heavy suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but I’ll come with you.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only Jasmine is invited.\" One of the guards said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona got up from her seat and went to face him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That story of me living here like a servant was all a hoax,\" Fiona said. \"You know who I am. And I warn you to be careful with me. Xaden might just turn on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards looked at each other and said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona took a hold of Jasmine’s hand and led her past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards walked behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you told him?\" Fiona asked her in a whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, not yet. I wanted to last night, but he told me not to say whatever I wanted to say.\" Jasmine said. \"He is different. It is like he came different.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona looked left and right as they walked by. \"For the better or for worse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Better.\" She replied. \"He was kind and gentle with me. A side of me I glimpsed sometimes but never saw its full potential.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that Eleanor is dead I do not think you tell him,\" Fiona said afterthought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not?\" Jasmine asked, almost stopping, but Fiona urged her to continue walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It might be too much for him. And it will all be difficult for him to digest at once. I think it is not the right time.\" Fiona said. \"When all of this calms down, then you can tell him. He is unpredictable at this point.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona had told her that she had cunningly spoke to him about it and he had stated that he did not mind what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He will forgive and she had been more than ready to tell him the truth but last night he had stopped her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Eleanor was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoever killed her in such a brutal way is a monster,\" Fiona said. \"And I hope they get what is coming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine herself had been shaken at the fact that Eleanor was no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the only other person who had taken care of her after Urma, the healer back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think that someone must have done this to her was monstrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards reached the throne room doors and opened It for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine and Fiona stepped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw Xaden, and she began to smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he turned back, his face was emotionless, dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then she knew that something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned and saw Erik, Damian, Marie, Loren, Uther and other high ranking members of the pack standing in the room too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the one that shocked her the most was Lisa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she even doing here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona, too, seemed to notice something was off because she, too, was suspiciously looking around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You sent for me, my lord.\" She started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden said nothing, and then he walked up to Jasmine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began to fear him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a dark cloud hovered over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handed her a scroll, then he walked to his throne and sat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Read it aloud.\" He said. Then he added . \"everyone to hear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine was still confused as to what game this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to Fiona, who simply offered her a shrug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said read to everyone’s ears.\" He snapped as she jumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands shaking, she unraveled the scroll, and what she saw sent chills down her spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a letter from Alexander stating about the fact that she was the bastard daughter of Alpha Bale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart vehemently began to rate and she could feel the sweat at her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked away from the scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was grim, and had nothing written on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire expression simply said that he would not ask her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was shaken, and she started to read out from the scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she began to read, she stopped short, and an instant chill went down her spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a letter from Alexander informing whosoever the receiver was that she was the bastard daughter of Alpha Bale and not his prized daughter after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began to shake and sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stopped reading and looked up from the scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xaden please I can explain-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep on reading.\" he cut her short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt her knees go weak as she was forced to read everything aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all listened to her in plain silence, and when she was done, the truth was out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They now all knew that she was the bastard daughter of Alpha Bale and not the prized one he had wanted in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes were on her. They were judging sneering, she looked at Loren and Fiona they along with Erik were the only ones with a pitiful gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest were more or less happy about her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw Lisa standing with glee, and everything within her told her that she was responsible for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she did not even want to look at the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Xaden she wanted to see, but he would not even look at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was avoiding gazing at her. He could not even withhold her presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he did was stare at the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After her little speech, he looked up into the wall, still refusing to look at her, and said, \"Who are you, Jasmine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1001,"2026-06-06T04:22:13.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","8b50687fd0cf14e4195daa1073cbf51f82b65d5fd0a0138429ec3687da8917f4","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-239","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-237",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]