[{"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-600":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},1497024,1945,"Chapter 600: ABANDONED","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-600",600,"\u003Cp>I blinked at Hildegard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gone, what do you mean? Gone?\" I said lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took in a deep breath. \"Jasmine I-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I scoffed at Hildegard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, is Nanny Nia putting you up to one of her many boring tricks?\" I said and laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked to the bed to find my dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry to laugh, Hildegard, but I’ve told her times without number those tricks never work. And quite frankly, don’t ever believe her when she tells me.\" I said as I shook my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I giggled and searched for my dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There it is,\" I said and picked it up. \"I just remembered Hildegard. The dress was amazing. It made the night so beautiful. Felt like a fairy tale.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard nodded with a tight-lipped smile as she approached me. \"And you’re welcome for that. I’m glad you did. But Jasmine, this isn’t a joke.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s standing before me now, her face written with worry and discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are gone.\" She insisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around, trying to understand the point of this game. \"Gone? Okay, gone to where exactly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head. \"They went back to the Crescent pack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at her while the pregnant silence enveloped the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard looked so serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, please, Hildegard.\" I said. \"This is actually a good one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I set the chemise against my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was see-through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I neatly folded it and set it aside before walking to the closet to find one of the dresses Nanny Nia had packed up for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found a cream dress and put it over my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard was still following after me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jasmine, this isn’t a joke. Why would I joke about something like this?\" She asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because there is no way in hell Nanny Nia would leave me,\" I said as I pulled my hair from the back of my dress. \"Not possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I adjusted the dress down my body till it was close to my toes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you help me, please?\" I asked Hildegard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She zipped up my dress for me with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you!\" I winked. \"Now I’ll have to go find Nanny Nia myself. Moreover, we’re supposed to be leaving the royal pack today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no idea what silly joke Nanny Nia had going on, but at least it was a trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was always guilty of pulling the most ridiculous pranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they never seemed to work on me or even anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Search for Xaden’s clothes!\" Hildegard said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped right in my tracks, just as I was about to open the door and head out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" I asked, slowly turning around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Jasmine.\" She nodded. \"If you think this is all some joke, then check the closet and see if you can find any of Xaden’s clothes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at Hildegard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I became tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she getting at?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Check Jasmine.\" She invited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slowly walked to the closet and told myself this was all a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I opened the drawers and doors in search of his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had expected to find something hanging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was no indication that Xaden had ever been here before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panicked, I started pulling the drawers out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frantically searching for any trace of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pulled out the dresses that were unfortunately mine and searched through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started to panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jasmine, calm down.\" I heard her plead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ignored her and went to the other side of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went under the bed to find perhaps one of his pairs of shoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was none.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I searched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was nothing that indicated he had ever even been in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes welled up with tears, and I began to shiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no.\" I said to myself as I searched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, Jasmine.\" I heard Hildegard plead with me behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I refused to calm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I marched out of the room and headed for Jessica’s bedroom, which was supposed to have been mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raced down the halls and went downstairs in search of the left wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I finally found Jessica’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t care if she had gone or was still here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only wanted to confirm the crazy story Hildegard was telling me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to see Jessica in the room and tell Hildegard to never prank me like that again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to my horror, the moment I opened the door, no Jessica was brooding around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her stead, about three maids were cleaning the room and rearranging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slowly walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is She?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls looked at each other in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is Jessica?!\" I snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls jumped. \"She is gone. We’re only cleaning the room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt a chill run down my spine, and my throat went instantly dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked to the closet, hoping to find Jessica’s luxurious clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t find a single one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart began to race so fast, and I felt a wave of dizziness hit me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t believe what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to control myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This couldn’t be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed hard and managed to ask the girls. \"Where has she gone? Did she follow the princess somewhere?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked at me as if I were crazy. \"No, she went with her brother and the other members of the Crescent pack. They all left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it hit me like a bomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felt like an arrow that had pierced my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dazed and in disbelief, I slowly turned around and walked out of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no idea where I was going, what I was even thinking, until I felt Hildegard catch my arms and jerk me back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jasmine, are you okay?\" She asked to check my face and looked at me with a worried expression stamped on hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slowly looked up at hers, and then the tears began to stream from my cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. I’m not okay.\" I shook my head. \"They left me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I wept in the hallway as Hildegard held onto me.\u003C\u002Fp>",1012,"2026-06-06T04:22:24.677Z",1,"novelbin.me","a30128e56017ec9771216148638a04d4a096231f441f4aec4636aa1ec3eafc70","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-601","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-599",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]