[{"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-453":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},1496727,1945,"Chapter 453: DISGUISE","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-453",453,"\u003Cp>Jasmine gently touched Marro’s hair as he slept on Kire’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had taken a while for Kire to allow Marro sleep on him but eventually he had agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kire has caught a rabbit and Jasmine had been able to roast it and they had eaten it for dinner\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still couldn’t believe this little boy had lost his entire family just because he had wanted to save Xaden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother, father, brother... she bit her bottom lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was all alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least she had not grown up with love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen a family who she could tell loved him and watched it snatched away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once this was over, she was going to speak to Xaden and they would take him along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way they could abandon him after everything he had gone through for their sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine heard a loud howl and she felt a kick in her tummy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her baby knew that Xaden was still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was dead she would know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her baby too would know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew what to do tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very early the next morning she was up before Marro was up, she was already ready to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had her coat and hood on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned and saw Marro wide eyed looking at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are you going?\" He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goddess.\" She gasped. \"I thought you were asleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took in a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going back to your pack.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face fell instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No you can’t do that.\" He expressed. \"They will kill you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They don’t know who I am.\" Jasmine said wisely. \"And I don’t have a scent. I can tell them that I’m a pregnant traveler who is visiting my mother in the next pack. You said that Xaden told you to send them word and they were his allies right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marro still seemed skeptical but he nodded his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. Once they let me go, I’ll find my way there and get help. Perhaps before I do I might have heard a few gossips whether this Alpha hunter has taken captive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go with you.\" Marro said after much thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No you can’t.\" She expressed. \"If they catch you we are both dead. I can’t let anything happen to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she turned to Kire who was already progressing towards her. \"You too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kire looked taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need to stay behind and watch him.\" Jasmine advised. \"You have to make sure nothing happens to him. And if I don’t come back by dusk, then you take him and run back to our pack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kire howled in protest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shhh.\" She chastised him gently. \"You’re going to get us all killed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked very offended, so she squatted and cupped his face. \"I know you want to protect me. But I promise you this is how you protect me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can protect myself.\" Marro said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No you can’t.\" Jasmine argued back. \"If anything happens to you I won’t forgive myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want you to die.\" Marro said tears filled with his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine was touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had just met him and yet he had become attached and was worried for her safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went to him and kissed his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t die.\" She assured him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she didn’t know how true that was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are a very strong boy. I’ve never met anyone like you.\" She said. \"Keep your strength and I want you to hide with Kire. He will protect you with his life. If I don’t come to me by dusk then he will take you back to my pack where you can tell them what happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If.\" Marro said widely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine laughed a hearty laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could someone who had witnessed such horrors still be so positive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes if.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she rose up to her feet and gently rubbed his neat scalp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make sure you both remain hiding. Don’t try anything. I would be back before you know it.\" She said. \"Just point me the way to the pack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did and then she waved them goodbye before heading off on her journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked on for a good one hour and was grateful that Nanny Nia had insisted she take walks and exercises during her pregnancy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would have probably fainted by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was drinking from her water gourd for the last time and realized that water had finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up and saw that the market was already in view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excited, she hurried her way in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was filled with different people and she could feel the tension in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were guards all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went past the fruit sellers and blended as if she was used to the busy schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked at some apples as if she was observing which was best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she cunningly asked the lady standing by the fruits. \"What’s happening?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady who was probably in her early thirties, lucky enough for Jasmine, was a gossip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t hear?\" The woman asked. \"Beta Rodrick and his entire family were killed because they were harboring enemies of alpha hunter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s.....\" jasmine didn’t know if it to support or oppose the killings in case the woman was a supporter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the woman hadn’t noticed and she continued gossiping in low tones. \"So horrible. But they said the youngest one Marro is missing you can imagine how scared he is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This enemy that they were harboring did they find him?\" Jasmine coyly asked as she looked at an unripe mango and picked up a coconut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know.\" The woman shrugged. \"But Alpha hunter now seems laid back. He isn’t looking for him anymore so I think maybe they have.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine felt her throat go sour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant Xaden had been captured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And where does Alpha hunter stay?\" Jasmine asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the pack house where else.\" The woman said and put her hands on her waist. \"Are you new here? Why are you asking all these questions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing.\" Jasmine said a bit too quickly. \"I was just traveling by. On my way to see my mother in the next pack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman looked at her, her eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine took that as her hint to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\" She said quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hastily turned around to leave and bumped into a very hard surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up and saw that it was a giant man with the meanest face looking down at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where do you think you are going?\" He asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>",1091,"2026-06-06T04:22:13.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","4abcd76764b8711794da48b70cea5f646ace606c7e59fa5e5460cc5908f53ba0","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-454","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-452",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]