[{"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-25":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},1496449,1945,"Chapter 25: AMBUSH","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>After the meal, the journey continued, and I remained in the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had utterly eaten it all up and seemed to like it—more than six of them she had seen licking their fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them had even argued over the food and its share.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden had not eaten it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she turned to the carriage window, she saw Erik riding his horse beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had saved her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for him, what would Xaden have done to her again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time worse, in front of his men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body shivered, and she pushed the thought away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took some of her medicine and then rested for a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Halt,\" Xaden said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She froze all the horses, and the carriage itself stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence continued for a few minutes, and then I heard footsteps and someone coming down from a horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a slicing sound as if something had been caught, and then something fell with a loud thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a trap.\" Xaden's voice said. \"Rogue packs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if on cue, there was a large howling from multiple wolves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wolves that I instantly knew didn't belong in Xaden's pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then shouting followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked out of my window and saw wolves headed right our way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, they clashed with us, and I saw blood spill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men started fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden was giving orders so loudly that I could hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xaden's face came over the window in the carriage, and I jumped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay inside!\" He warned. \"Don't come out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded hastily, and he moved away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly moved back away from the window and shook in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an open ambush in broad daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden had only coke because, just as he had said, what use was I to him alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remained inside, trembling in fear, as I heard the screams of the men slashing. I could listen to body parts being pulled out of bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hugged myself and kept quiet through the actual noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the door to my carriage was quietly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stranger with crooked teeth and a terrifying face came in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gasped and was about to scream, but he pointed a dagger at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you make a single noise, I'll slit your throat.\" He warned me.\u003C\u002Fp>",385,"2026-06-06T04:22:12.730Z",1,"novelbin.me","aaef3dad52171fe702c9a87bfd92aac0ddcb85737788d3aca64e68fa66ce5edd","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-26","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-24",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]