[{"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-342":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},1496616,1945,"Chapter 342: HOME","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-342",342,"\u003Cp>Anna admired the beauty of the castle from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fat more beautiful than the moonlight pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was in total awe of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the most beautiful Castle she had ever seen, before the royal castle that is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The royal castle was extremely beautiful, but there was something that made this castle unique and different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something she could not put her finger on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They walked past the town before heading into the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone seemed to be minding their business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men that turned to see them beat their chest twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women who saw them howled and went back on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To all of them, Xaden nodded at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are they doing that?\" She asked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a way of them showing their respect.\" Xaden told her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s so different from the moonlight pack.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the moonlight pack, you were expected to be respectful to the Alpha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You couldn’t just go about why your business when he passed around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could be beheaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A frown came up on his face. \"This is nothing like that place. They are Barbaric. Life here will be different from you.\" He assured her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna still could not believe that Xaden was her brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That her own life had been an entire lie too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if Jasmine had not been given up to him? Would she have married him and had sex with him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her own brother?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shivered at the thought of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned back and saw Jasmine together with Erik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gritted her teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine was bad luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could see the attraction between Jasmine had for her brother and it bothered her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine was a slave and the daughter of the man who had stolen her, Anna, from her parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she had lived a good life, she was furious to know that her entire life had been a lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no one to pour her rage and frustration on except for Jasmine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way anything could happen between Xaden and Jasmine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she was his sex slave but that was all she was ever going to be to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome home.\" Xaden said as they progressed through the Castle walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna saw a very beautiful land mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There beautiful trees, a massive fountain, beautiful flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all so beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked on in awe until they came to a halt at the doors of the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden dismounted from his horse and soon everyone else started to come down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to her horse and helped her bring her down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled at her brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she turned and saw Erik help bring Jasmine down from her own horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face went ablaze in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you alright?\" He asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded as she dusted her gloves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took her hand and led her into the Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beauty of the Castle refused to distract her from her growing jealousy of Erik and Jasmine together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands on her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was her mate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She burned in rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden was saying somethings and she barely listened to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This was our family.\" He said and that spurred her mind back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She jerked and looked up at what he was talking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a massive painting of a handsome man with dark hair and amber eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a perfect jawline and he looked like royalty itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a woman to his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had beautiful blue eyes and bright blonde hair. She looked so young and heavenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her energy seemed simple and yet divine. Anna knew that this woman would speak and an entire room would fall quiet just to listen to her. She held a baby in her arms. A baby with blonde hair who was sound asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the middle of the couple was a young boy probably around the age of eight with dark hair and stubborn eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so handsome and had a mischievous look in his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna knew already who they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was her father, her mother holding her and Xaden standing in the middle of the beautiful painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her wolf howled inward and she felt her eyes move with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt her heart begin to race quickly and she knew that her wolf had recognized them and was calling out to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt the tears in her throat and the sudden weakness at the realization that this beautiful family was hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That she was ripped away from her true family and stolen like a thief in the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to meet them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached her hands out as if to touch the beautiful painting of her family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I found this painting locked away in the ruins of the castle when I finally returned.\" Xaden said. \"They would be happy to know that you and I are here together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overwhelmed with emotions she threw her arms around him and hugged him and she began to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honest tears, not the mischievous ones she had always done to get away with what she wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed her back and held her close to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In as much as she had been a spoilt and dreadful child, she was still a girl who was collateral damage in the sins of the moonlight pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was also a victim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently let go and wiped her tears with her hankie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forgive me.\" She said. \"A lady does not cryin front of people. It’s unlady like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled as he cupped her cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is nothing wrong with a lady finding peace and happiness in a home that was taken away from her.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sniffed and then he pecked her cheeks and she blushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xaden.\" Someone called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna saw someone running up to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl around the same age with dark hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl hugged him tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she let go, she threw a punch at Xaden’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s for leaving me here.\" The girl said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna was horrified at the unladylike behavior of this girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna cleared her throat, expecting answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anna I will like to introduce you to Fiona.\" Xaden said. \"Fiona, Anna. You two are sisters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna’s face went red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1047,"2026-06-06T04:22:13.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","d147ae01a637797f5e7f1810e43d3bd257955f4b81e88d17d31b6381b7c17486","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-343","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-341",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]