[{"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-42":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},1496466,1945,"Chapter 42: BLUE BLACK","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-42",42,"\u003Cp>The sun poured over my back as I worked tirelessly, and then I felt the sweat going down from my forehead to my entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt dizzy, but I shook my head to shake it off and resumed my work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It got extremely dark, and the instructor came to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whip was in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw the other workers, who I knew were enslaved people, standing and sneering at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to watch me receive the punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You haven’t finished your work, have you?\" He said. \"Thirty whips of the cane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I’ve finished, sir,\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned, and then I stepped aside to show him the entire mass field that was clear of weeds and had been set up for planting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mouth was open, as was everyone else who stood watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B-b, but that’s not possible.\" He said it in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood there, waiting for his following instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a murmur among the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he frowned at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, you may go.\" He said. \"Your work will resume tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thanked him, and he seemed surprised, and then I left the farm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was exhausted, and my entire body ached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went to the servants’ quarters and room where I had been assigned and picked out the nightgown that had been given to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I went down to where the female workers bathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked a bucket to have my bath, and I could feel the stares on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went to a far corner and had my bath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could hear them make statements about myself and did my best to ignore them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so comforting to have cool water on my body as I took my bath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It reduced the ache in my body, and I felt refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I washed my dress and hung it to dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I put on my nightdress after I had died myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl eyed me maliciously, and I ignored them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hurried to the healer’s quarters and sat at my meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched him as he mixed medicines and wrote on his scrolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I remembered that I still didn’t know how to read or write.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that meant I didn’t know the order of my schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only I could get someone to teach me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t trust the healer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How sure he wouldn’t rat me out to the entire pack?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden would know that he had been deceived, and he would kill my entire pack and family before finally killing me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I remembered all the men he had beheaded and hung their heads on the gates of the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shivered at the thought of having my head there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quietly ate my meal and watched the healer perform his duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I was done, I washed the plates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded and went on with his work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I took off down the hall to where I would sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I entered the bedroom, the girls were laughing and chatting, and the moment my shadow was cast inside the room, they hushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all turned and looked at me with sneering glares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said nothing as I took my bedding, rolled it on the floor with the pillow, and laid down on my bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s that awful smell?\" A girl said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone chuckled. \"It’s the smell of an outcast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the other girls went into a group laughter, and I shook, knowing it was me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried my best to ignore them and went to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then I heard footsteps close to me and a kick at my back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly turned around to see a girl with black hair standing by me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you do that?\" I asked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re an enemy and the daughter of that monster!\" She said. \"We can do whatever we want to do with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat up in my bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry for anything my father might have done to you,\" I said genuinely. \"You don’t deserve it. None of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her nostrils flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think that by apologizing, we’ll forgive you?\" She asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bit my lip. \"No. And I don’t expect you to. But believe me. I’m not the same as my father. And I’m just working here like you are now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl kicked me. \"You stupid bitch! How dare you say you’re the same, huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kicked me again. \"With that ugly scar on your face!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she proceeded to kick me over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I held myself back, trying to block her attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lifted my hand to wave her off, and then she fell and landed on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she got up, her bottom lip was bleeding, and she had a large bump on her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was bleeding, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry, I did not mean it.\" I apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rose to her feet, jumped on me, and began beating me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!\" Came the chants from the other girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl dealt me one blow and another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew that I could actually overcome her, but what would I prove to them if I did beat her up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would have the proof that I was exactly like my father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please stop,\" I said to block the attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it only infuriated her further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The punches increased until my eyes were hardly able to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beat her up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kick her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drag her hair!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then I felt someone drag my hair and then my leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then it occurred to me that it wasn’t just me against one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a full attack from all the girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sobbed as I begged them to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a corner, I saw one girl standing, scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why wasn’t she joining them, too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she going to help me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just stood there, and then she ran out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the girls kept on beating me up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pulling my hair and tearing my dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wept in anguish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, there was a loud bang at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is going on here?\" There was a deadly and familiar male voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Xaden.\u003C\u002Fp>",1037,"2026-06-06T04:22:12.730Z",1,"novelbin.me","57d238324d960c989193f6655de91b6c2ecb32e7eaff9f8c16d72b45a6988402","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-43","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-41",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]