[{"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-495":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},1496769,1945,"Chapter 495: The AWAKENING","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-495",495,"\u003Cp>The morning light trickled softly so through the half-drawn curtains, casting pale gold rays across the fur blanket covering Jasmine’s still form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was quiet now—too quiet. Only the gentle rustle of trees outside and the distant murmur of water filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia sat by the bed, her fingers clasped tightly around Jasmine’s pale hand. She hadn’t left her side since the night before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were rimmed red flag with exhaustion, but she couldn’t rest. Not until she was sure. Not until Jasmine came back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been awake all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely able to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was worried that if she slept, then somehow harm would come to Jasmine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took in a deep breath and looked at Jasmine still unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with her scar and red hair, she was ever beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia thought about the fact that the dead baby was still here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marie had thought to dispose of it, Nanny Nia could remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marie had packed it all up in a neat towel and started to leave the room when Nanny Nia had stopped her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are you going?\" She has asked her eyes stuck on the wrapped up foetus. \"With ....it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes both locked down at the wrapped up towel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well. I’m going to dispose of it.\" Marie said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia became instantly uncomfortable. \"I don’t think you should do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not?\" Marie frowned. \"It’s dead. What? You think it will rise from the dead?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No...\" Nanny Nia sighed stressed. \"Of course not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So do you want to be the one to do it?\" Marie asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" Nanny Nia asked a bit too quickly. She rubbed her forehead and walked Marie aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As though to protect Jasmine from over hearing even though she had still been unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They now both stood at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t think any of us have the right to be doing that.\" Nanny Nia expressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even Xaden?\" Marie rose a brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially him.\" Nanny Nia’s face twitched. \"Not after what he has done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia sighed heavily. \"It’s her child. Let her wake up and figure out what she wants to do with it. Not us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marie looked down at the well concealed towel and sighed. \"I still don’t understand you people and sentiments. But fine. She can dispose of it herself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\" Nanny Nia said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the meantime you keep it.\" Marie said thrusting it into Nanny Nia’s arms and forcing her to collect it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia had it on her laps up till now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well wrapped up in towels like a hidden load of bread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint sound escaped Jasmine’s lips... barely a breath, waking Nanny Nia up from her streams of thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia sat up immediately, right after gently picking up the well wrapped up towel from her laps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart thudded wildly as she leaned in closer, almost afraid she had imagined it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it happened again—a soft groan, like the ghost of a voice waking from far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine’s lashes fluttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia let out a choked gasp, covering her mouth. \"Jasmine?\" she whispered, voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia quickly, but gently dropped the towel on her seat before slowing walking up to Jasmine’s bed. \"Sweetheart... can you hear me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine’s brow creased slightly. Her lips parted, cracked and dry, but struggling to form something—anything. Then a hoarse whisper, barely audible:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Nia?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia’s tears came all at once. She leaned forward, brushing hair from Jasmine’s clammy forehead. \"Yes, child. Yes, I’m here. You’re safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine blinked slowly, disoriented. Her eyes flicked around the room, glazed and unfocused, until they landed on Nanny Nia’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Nanny Nia was knelt down beside her on the floor, tears now streaming down the old woman’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine tried to speak again but stopped. Her hand moved, barely, and brushed across her stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia became instantly cold at Jasmine’s sharp reflexes and the realization that she would know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when Jasmine’s changed. Confusion twisted into dread as her roamed over a now deflated tummy\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips trembled. \"Where...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia’s hand squeezed hers. \"Don’t rush, love. Just breathe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jasmine’s breath was already catching. Her eyes, once glassy, now sharpened with panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is my baby?\" she asked, voice faint but terrified. \"Why is my tummy flat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia couldn’t speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine looked at her hungry for answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she very gently started to sit up in bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She groaned in pain ss she moved her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No take it very easy.\" Nanny Nia said quickly coming to her aid as she gently helped her sit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine massaged her temple her right hand still protectively on her stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she was when settled, she looked up at Nanny Nia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is my stomach flat?\" Jasmine asked confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia felt cold and terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dreaded the fact that she had to be the one to tell her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t remember what happened?\" Nanny Nia asked her as she gently brushed her red fire curls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine slightly shook her head and then paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... not really.\" Jasmine stated. \"I think I remember seeing you the night before and then my tummy started to hurt.... And then I saw blood and....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then Jasmine froze and looked in between her legs, as if to search for the blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did I give birth already?\" Jasmine asked confused. \"Where is my baby.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny felt her bones get even more chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How she wished Jasmine already knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hated that she had to tell her the dreadful news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held Jasmine’s hand. \"Jasmine, I have something to tell you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You had some complications..... and you bled and....\" Nanny paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what?\" Jasmine asked distraught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia closed her eyes. \"The baby didn’t make it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as though Jasmine’s hands went instantly cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it dropped instantly dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no feeling in her bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None that Nanny Nia could feel anyways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine’s face was now white and ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said no word, just stared into space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t even cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Nia remained on her kneels unsure of what to say or what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you okay sweetheart?\" Nanny Nia asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jasmine said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the next time that Nanny Nia locked eyes with Jasmine’s they were empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soulless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dead.\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-06-06T04:22:13.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","a9985600d0205a498127f081f2e47e3c78230f61c722e586b90fc9bd61b23c03","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-496","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-494",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]