[{"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-50":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},1496474,1945,"Chapter 50: PREPARATIONS","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-50",50,"\u003Cp>JASMINE’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I instantly froze when I saw Xaden and Erik with a little girl on Xaden’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl said, \"Uncle Xaden, why is this woman wearing chains? Don’t they hurt her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt my heart suppress once I heard her call him Uncle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was I worried if she was his daughter? It was none of my business anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one said a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh, Uncle Xaden?\" The girl asked, tugging at Xaden’s top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she turned to me. \"Don’t they hurt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave a weak smile. \"No, they don’t, dear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned as if she suspected I was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden was staring at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn’t seen him since the night before when he had saved me from the other girls in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had steered clear of me; from what I saw, he didn’t want me an inch around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jade, why don’t we let Uncle Xaden talk for a minute?\" Erik said, breaking the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, Daddy.\" She said this as she extended her arms to Erik, who took her in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daddy? Now, I could see the resemblance. He was her father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was her father, where was her mother?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was such a beautiful girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, they left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started to walk away, but Xaden caught my arm and spun me back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Halo festival is happening.\" He told me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded. \"Yes, I’m aware.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" He said. \"Then you must know that every pack will be here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was he getting at?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your mate’s brother would be coming along.\" He said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart stopped instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No! It couldn’t be!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My face must have been stricken pale because he smirked and said. \"So you still grieve for your lover, whom I killed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t worried about the fact that Dean had died but about the fact that his brother, Alexander, would arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his brother would know that I was not Jessica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything would be spilled out in the open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden would kill my pack and then kill me, but only after he had tortured me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He caught my chin and forced me to look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since they would be here.\" He said. \"You’re going to put on a little show for us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"S-show?\" I stuttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In front of everyone.\" He said. \"Don’t worry when the time comes. You will see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed me away and then started to leave, but he stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to me and said, \"By the way, If you think that you’re going to escape with him, then I will show you that what I have given you isn’t even torture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, I was left standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I held my chest and felt myself sweating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was I going to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t know that I had deceived him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t, he would kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything would come out in the open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was I going to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for a few minutes, I decided to do my best to disappear and keep a low profile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That could probably help me. If I didn’t see Alexander, he would know I was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like Dean and the other men in the pack, he had tried to persuade me to sleep with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had managed to turn him down and escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing was stopping him from exposing my secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dean was dead because of me and my family, and I had also humiliated him by rejecting his offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dean had a mean streak, but when it came to Alexander, he was ultimately a man fuelled with blood lust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even Xaden scared me as much as Alexander did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe both were the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl came and met me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw her and instantly recognized her as the girl who had asked the other girls in the bathroom, ’What if I was a good person?’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had her name been? Mya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jasmine,\" she said. \"The guests have started to arrive. Lady Belinda has assigned the both of us to two packs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh,\" I mumbled. \"I had assumed it was only one person in a pack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head. \"No, it’s three. Lisa is with us, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is Lisa, please?\" I asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mya was stiff for a short while. \"She is the one who confronted you in the room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Mya turned and left, seemingly telling me she wouldn’t answer any other questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We worked on cleaning the rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was for a pack whose name I didn’t know, and the other was for the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mya and I worked clearing the room for the pack, and then Lisa came in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this time, it was almost dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked through the window and saw horses arriving in numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, we were already done with the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see you girls are done with the work.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were supposed to do it together,\" Mya said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lisa’s almond-shaped eyes sharpened. \"What did you just say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mya sighed and mumbled nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. That’s what I thought.\" Lisa answered rudely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t like Lisa, and I didn’t think she was nice, but seeing her speak so rudely to Mya agitated me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after it was Mya who had spoken up for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lisa ignored us, sat on the bed, and looked at her nails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door was opened, and then she quickly jumped to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some masculine voices came in, and I turned to tie the curtains to secure the cross ventilation in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome, my lords.\" Lisa and Mya chorused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly joined and bowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I raised my head, Alexander of the Shadow Pack stood with about five men before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Dean’s brother, the same wolf who had wanted to take advantage of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked right at me, and my heart raced so fast that it felt like it would jump right out of my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My disguise was up.\u003C\u002Fp>",1003,"2026-06-06T04:22:12.730Z",1,"novelbin.me","f9fcd919a5baf8ef92eeccfa47a09102554e969bdcd1986d85f76406b9aa5bb0","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-351","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-49",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]