[{"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-535":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},1496959,1945,"Chapter 535: PRETTY LITTLE BABY","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-535",535,"\u003Cp>The Alpha’s Unwanted Bride\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ANNA’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna’s mouth was twisted in the meanest way possible as she thought of what next to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been almost two weeks since Jasmine lost the baby and since the revelation that Fiona was in fact the one who was in love with Erik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How in the name of the goddess had she missed that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still hadn’t found the time to confront Erik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also was still in the bad books with her brother which was a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t let him know who she truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spoiled rotten girl who had always gotten what she wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to maintain the act that she was sweet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And considering the fact that he had overheard her say terrible things to Jasmine-which was nothing but the truth- he had been furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only good thing out of this was the fact that they had gotten word that the Queen wanted to meet *her*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could barely hold her excitement as it was only two days left before she visited the Queen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing that the Queen wanted to meet her could present to be very useful for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why that stupid Jasmine was coming along, she had no idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shrugged off her shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was going to find a way to get back in the good books with her brother and her mate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erik had not rejected that was still a good sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was lying down on her bed with her servants massaging her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she heard some noises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned and tried to ignore it as she continued with her rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then it got louder, like a group of some people chattering on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna fumed in annoyance as she tried to massage her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the noise went on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually she hissed irritated at the chatter and snapped at her servants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who in the heavens is making such noise?!\" She demanded in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her eyes to see her servants looking at themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you expect me to tell you to do everything?\" She hissed in annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rolled her eyes. \"Go tell whoever it is making such hell of a noise to shut the hell up! I’m trying to rest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls jumped up and the fastest left the room while the other stayed in with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna tried to go back to her thoughts as the servant massaged her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later she heard the door open and the other servant returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon she heard the servants whispering amongst themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noise still hadn’t gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact it had gotten louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An agitated Anna snapped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her eyes and cruely used her feet to kick her maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t I tell you to tell them to shut up?!\" She demanded sitting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid had her mouth closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was where Anna had hit her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had hit the wrong one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frankly didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I went to tell them your majesty.\" The one who had run the errand said terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I’m still hearing noises.\" Anna hissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was a small group. They were speaking to Damian.\" The maid said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna rolled her eyes in anger and went back to lie down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls continued whispering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you girls talking about?\" She demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls looked at each other seemingly frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing much my lady.\" The one massaging her feet responded. \"Sara just heard them talking about the Queen’s new grand daughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Queen’s new grand daughter?\" A confused Anna asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other girl nodded. \"There were rumors at first but I think the news are now official. The Queen’s first daughter who had been missing... well her daughter came.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The missing princess returned?\" Anna asked in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had heard of the story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who hadn’t?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How the poor Queen had lost her daughter in the river and never found her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now after all these years the Queen had found her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No my lady.\" The girl apologized. \"It’s the missing princess’s daughter that has returned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna crossed her eyes in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The missing princess had a daughter?\" She asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it would seem my lady.\" The maid informed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the princess herself? Have they found her?\" Anna asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both girls looked at each other. \"We don’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a very bizarre story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna decided that she wanted to hear the news better herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she dismissed the servants who seemed eager to leave and headed down the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found the servants whispering and talking to themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked around for anyone that would tell her what had happened but there was no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Damian was not in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw Nanny Nia and told herself that she would rather die than ask that old croak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes Anna hated to admit to herself that she felt alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The friends she has made were because of her evil plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily and Lisa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they themselves didn’t want to have anything to do with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She blamed Jasmine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all liked Jasmine so they were bound to hate her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine was the main root of everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason why no one wanted to have her around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she was too good and perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How she couldn’t wait till she was given judgement for Xaden’s assassination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hang noose was for her\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pushed her feet around as she looked for a place to sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found a bench overlooking a garden that she had been told was her mother’s favorite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wondered what her life would have been like if Jasmine’s terrible father hadn’t kidnapped her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had been simply raised with her parents along with Xaden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn’t feel out of place in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hatred burning inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she heard a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused, turned around and saw no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling a presence, she stopped and saw no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then adjusted in her seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She heard a noise again and this time she looked under the bench and found a little girl around the age six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>❧\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl had curly black hair and her face was awash with freckles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had the most beautiful lashes and adorable lips placed on a perfect babyish face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child looked extremely familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Anna could not place a finger where.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing there ?\" Anna asked softening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t really like children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was repulsed by them, but something made this one different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl looked down on her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come out or I’ll report to your mother.\" Anna Warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t have a mother.\" The girl responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna felt a prick in a heart that she never knew existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh.\" She mumbled to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well.... Sorry about that.\" She apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never apologized either!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was she being this gentle with a child .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most likely the child of a lowly servant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grumbled to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My mummy died.\" The girl said unprovoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna was appalled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making her feel more guilty than she already did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna pressed her lips together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well who do you have?\" Anna asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My papa.\" The girl informed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay little girl.\" Anna said. \"You need to leave the under of this bench or I’ll inform your father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl hesitated at first, but eventually very slowly and reluctantly came out from under the bench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then Anna was able to take a well close up look at the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was beautiful and Anna knew that when she grew up, all the men would be all over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s your name?\" Anna asked the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pouted at first reluctant to say a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t tell your father that you were under the bench.\" Anna promised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl gave a loud sigh. \"Okay. My name is Jade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. My name is Anna.\" Anna introduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Anna looked at the little girl, the more she couldn’t shake off the fact that this girl was bearing a strong resemblance to someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who she couldn’t place a finger on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry I won’t tell anyone.\" Anna said leaning back in the chair. \"You just have to be careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna could not understand why she even cared about this child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna noticed there was blood on her arm and a cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly got the girl’s arm and pulled her to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look. You cut yourself.\" Anna said staring at the large cut of wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl was still a child which obviously meant that she was yet to shift hence why her healing power hadn’t come up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Anna was observing the girl’s arm, from nowhere, Anna was shoved back away from the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taken aback she was about to start screaming obscenities when she noticed it was none other than Erik himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell do you think you’re doing with my daughter?\" He demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then Anna looked at him to the girl and understood why the girl had initially looked so familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>",1523,"2026-06-06T04:22:23.446Z",1,"novelbin.me","901c2fe20ac2c34cec73b8be8c7db53dab33e05f285f5560f091f3fbe2b412fd","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-536","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-534",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]