[{"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-558":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},1496982,1945,"Chapter 558: LILY’S HEARTBREAK","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-558",558,"\u003Cp>The Alpha’s Unwanted Bride\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>LILY’S FLASHBACK\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily had been excited to finally be leaving the pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all that has happened with Jasmine and Xaden now, this meant that he could now be hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Queen herself has requested that she come visiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily was delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She watched the sun slowly rise and then the anticipation grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began to undo her single braids ahead of her serving girls coming in to help her with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden was her mate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was finally destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was her future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt a knot as she remembered how terribly Jasmine had lost her baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily had had no idea what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she had confronted Anna about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna and Lisa had been seated together chattering on like they had become best friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you hear what happened to Jasmine?\" Lily had to ask Anna once she had gotten wind of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who didn’t?\" Anna asked with a shrug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She lost her baby.\" Lily said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much she had come to dislike Jasmine, her losing her child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good goddess.\" Lily said holding her tummy. \"That is terrible. I can’t imagine what she is going through.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna shot Lily a disgusted look. \"How terrible? Can’t imagine what she is going through? What the devil do you mean by that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily blinked her eyes in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She lost her baby.\" Lily said eyes hovering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And so what?\" Anna spat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lisa folded her arms and gave a knowing glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s your niece.\" Lily pointed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lisa scoffed and rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well whatever it was, it’s dead.\" Anna said distastefully. \"And good riddance I must say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lisa giggled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily couldn’t believe what she was hearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then it hit her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anna did you have anything to do with this?\" Lily said as she quickly grabbed her arms\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna jerked her hand free. \"Don’t grab me like that ever again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna scowled. \"And I did? So what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily was taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You killed an innocent child!\" Lily had said blinking. \"How could you do such a thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, look at you acting all innocent when you killed that stable boy.\" Lisa said in a mimicking voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quiet you dirty slut!\" Lily hissed at the nasty she wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is right. You got involved before and all of a sudden you want to act good? Like you can’t hurt a fly.\" Anna said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had no direct hand in his murder and moreover that was different.\" Lily said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems like the same thing to me.\" Anna shrugged indifferently. \"This is what you always wanted so why are you acting like it isn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And it’s a little too late to be regret anything.\" Lisa said as though reading her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily was breathing hard and realized she had made the biggest mistake of her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meddling with these two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was trapped and there was no way going out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re a monster!\" Lily said. \"I should have never listened to your lies about Jasmine. I was such a fool!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s fine. But don’t think you want out now. Don’t think you can meet my brother or anyone else. If I go down, you’re going down with me.\" Anna promised .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Anna was right, there was nothing she could have done, so she walked away like a defeated soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was why when she had been told she was going to see the Queen it was an escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Escape from the guilt of being in the pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She heard a knock at her door and her eyes beamed in delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be one of her servants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in!\" She said as she began to brush her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without looking up she began to speak when she heard the door open. \"Where have all you been? My things need to be packed. The journey is this morning and I can’t afford to not be well organiz-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned and froze mid sentence when she looked up and saw who it was at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Xaden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cleared her throat and rose to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord.\" She curtseyed her eyes downcast. \"I had no idea it was you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine.\" Xaden said as he walked towards her bed where she sat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt her heart skip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was such a handsome man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I seat?\" He requested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She ushered to the reclining couch not so far from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the seat and when he was relaxed Lily managed a weak smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden had never come to her room before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was he here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she remembered her encounter with Anna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began to tremble in fright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he possibly found out what had happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before her thoughts could be any more frantic, he began to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came to speak to you because it was of the most importance.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded in anxiety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came to reject you.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily abruptly froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was though her heart itself had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t expected to hear any of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the goddess joined us together as mates for a reason.\" She said reasonably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t be your mate Lily. That’s not what I want right now. And I don’t feel the same way you feel for me.\" He explained, further crushing her heart. \"I can’t keep on lying to you and leading you on. You deserve more than that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily just sat trembling unsure of what to say or how to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re a beautiful woman. And having you here has been a blessing. But I can’t be the man for you.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for once Lily saw clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw honesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden would never love her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what she did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they got mated to him, she woukd have hated him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as though the lens prohibiting her from seeing had finally fallen to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll make sure you lack nothing.\" He promised her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does this mean I won’t be going to the royal pack?\" She asked after a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No you won’t.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>",1028,"2026-06-06T04:22:24.677Z",1,"novelbin.me","661fbad736f6abe563756fd4b7e71d167eec3c253741e0c2fc4162f2000e2e45","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-559","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-557",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]