[{"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-633":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},1497057,1945,"Chapter 633: ANNIHILATION","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-633",633,"\u003Cp>AUBURN’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn paced the room, her gown trailing behind her like spilled wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her nerves were already bad enough Jasmine was alive. Xaden had left the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything she had planned for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything she had dreamed of, it was coming down at her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her dress being burned?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine’s powers that she had never known existed was now forcefully coming out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She loved this life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t go back to where she had come from now matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Cherry who had been sitting on a chair wiiey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think we should poison her?\" Auburn whispered sharply. \"Or maybe set her up? Setting her up might be just the best option and then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to Cherry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was sitting at her vanity, her raven black hair pinned in silver combs, staring straight ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cherry?\" Auburn stepped closer. \"Did you hear me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry’s spine was rigid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath... completely still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello?\" A puzzled Auburn asked\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn reached out hesitantly and touched Cherry’s shoulder-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry’s eyes rolled white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like pearls with no pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn’s scream strangled in her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cherry?\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cherry? Can you hear me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry did not blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was frozen, carved in cold marble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn’s panic spiked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grabbed Cherry’s shoulders, shaking her violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"CHERRY! Wake up! What’s happening to you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry’s body stayed upright, stiff, eyes locked into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn stumbled back in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"CHERRY!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Princess Chery was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind was elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragged... violently... into another realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CHERY’S ASTRAL POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cave of Chaos\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chery’s eyes snapped open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stench of sulfur choked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire crackled in the endless tunnels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Metallic screams echoed off the stone walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her nostrils flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cave of Chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realm of eternal judgement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A prison of torture for traitors and monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A place she would have been sentenced to if she hadn’t been cunning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hissed under her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who dares—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice rasped from the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Princess... my savior... finally... I reached you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry spun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uther was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or what remained of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His flesh was charred, bits hanging from bone. Chains wrapped around him, dragging him across the burning rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left leg was gone, severed above the knee. His skin blistered, fresh wounds ripping open and healing, only to rip again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first stage of eternal torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thousand years had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry curled her lip in disgust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uther,\" she spat. \"What are you doing here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sobbed and there actual relief in his tortured voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I called for you. I.... I needed you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped closer, fury in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re in the cave of chaos. Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He screamed as fire burst across his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They.... Xaden.... he found out everything! He sentenced me. He sentenced Anna too. He sent us here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He sentenced his own sister?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice sliced like glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uther coughed blood that evaporated before it hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... he knows... he knows you were behind everything...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry’s jaw tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know,\" Uther cried. \"I couldn’t say your name. The binding spell my tongue burned anytime I tried to speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" Cherry hissed. \"If you said my name, I would have burned your soul myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cried harder, the torture flames biting into him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His screams echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Princess Cherry ?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure writhed deeper inside the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body hung suspended by chains of white fire. Every few seconds, flames roared beneath her skin, burning but never killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was shredded from screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cherry!\" Anna begged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please! Please help me! I’ll be good! I’ll do anything AUNT PLEASE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pathetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped towards her slowly, savoring Anna’s terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save me... please... they they’re burning me alive\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If your very own brother with whom you shared blood with didn’t have mercy on you what makes you think I would?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna’s face crumpled with agony. \"Please-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry raised her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna’s chains tightened around her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She choked, body convulsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Cherry lowered her hand slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" she purred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t die today. You have a century of suffering left before the flame stage ends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna sobbed as Cherry leaned in, voice dripping venom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And when the hundred years are done... I’ll visit again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna screamed as the flames roared back to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uther crawled closer, desperate. \"Princess... save me... please...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry turned, eyes colder than the deepest abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you involve me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\" he cried. \"The spell wouldn’t let me speak your name! I swear—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face twisted with relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you understand,\" she whispered, raising her hand...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That I don’t need you alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire erupted across Uther’s chest\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not the torture fire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not the judgment flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even have time to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He disintegrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ashes blew apart in the cave’s eternal wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna shrieked in terror, watching him crumble into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You YOU KILLED HIM!\" she wailed in horror\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry turned to her slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile ghosted her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you’re next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just... not yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna cried, voice raw and echoing through the pit as Cherry’s body blurred\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AUBURN’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry slammed back into her body with a violent gasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn jolted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"CHERRY! Oh my goddess you scared—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry’s hand shot out and grabbed Auburn’s wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were burning with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We change the plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn swallowed. \"W... why? What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xaden knows.\" Cherry snarled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He knows somethings at least..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn paled. \"H-how?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn’t matter.\" Cherry paced the room like a storm, her gown snapping behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uther is dead. Anna is burning in eternal fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn staggered back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry whipped around, eyes blazing with red fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we don’t move now,\" she hissed, \"Xaden will destroy everything I’ve built.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn shook. \"W-what do we do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry’s smile was slow... wicked... murderous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We bring down the royal pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn’s breath froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And Jasmine?\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cherry leaned close, her voice a deadly whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She dies first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1031,"2026-06-06T04:22:25.014Z",1,"novelbin.me","53eed77d92de54a555defa22b83d8e2d955f71adcd9df13096e06025c6787d94","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-634","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-632",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]