[{"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-635":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},1497059,1945,"Chapter 635: A TRAP","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-635",635,"\u003Cp>The encounter I had with Otto was now a month ago and I seemed to be getting more weary and tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body all of sudden seemed exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard had noticed it when I woke up from bed and she had looked at me it’s cunning and suspicious eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You look tired.\" She had remarked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed as I sat up in the bed one early morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My feet hurt and my whole body felt like I had been tossed all around by wolves in a game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it’s just the weather.\" I said as I touched my neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps.\" She said as she looked at me. \"But then you seem to be glowing too. I can not explain the whole business but you seem to be doing good and well a bit bad at the same time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I rose up from my bed and walked up to a mirror to look at myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I did look tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for the glow I didn’t see any of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well you should rest.\" Hildegard told me her hand gently on my shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll like to paint today.\" I said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Queen Rose had given me the opportunity to be an artist in the pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had never known how talented I was and yet I had been able to paint so much artworks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the one thing that kept me happy while i anxiously waited to hear from Otto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also need to clean Auburn’s room today.\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since I had come to stay in the pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King himself had told me I would earn staying in the pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had taken up doing servants jobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard had kicked against it, but it was the only way I could be on his good side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the King to have told me, the Queen must know too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard’s face immediately twisted at the mention of Auburn’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t wait for the mage to arrive.\" She mumbled to herself in annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled at me and said a quick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you can do that later.\" She told me. \"But for not just stay. Okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was reluctant at first, but eventually I gave in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She patted my head and got up to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat back down on the bed and dreamed of meeting my mother’s family soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew that my mind had been sad from being away from the crescent pack and that most likely was why body was reacting in such a manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing more nothing less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about an hour of resting, I very gently got up from the bed and got ready to clean up Auburn’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I was done, I would go to paint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I walked down the halls, my feet hurt so much but I kept on walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I got to her bedroom, I didn’t find her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The princess’s chamber was just as I remembered: a soft scent of roses, curtains pulled halfway open to let the morning light spill across the floors, and fabrics in rich purples and golds draped everywhere\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>. It always felt like stepping into a world meant for someone far grander than me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tied the small apron around my waist and began cleaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dusted every surface, swept the floors, fluffed the pillows arranged on her bed twelve in total, which I always found a bit excessive and folded the thin shawl tossed carelessly over the chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made sure everything was neat, perfect, sparkling. It was the kind of room that made me smile despite myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How lucky she is, I thought, smoothing my palm over the polished vanity table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A princess... she has everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I turned to leave, something glittered on the table, so bright it caught the corner of my eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A necklace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just any necklace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glowing string of diamonds so pure, so cold, so impossibly perfect that it looked like stars woven into silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had never seen it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would Auburn leave something like this out in the open? Even I knew this was far too valuable to be sitting on a vanity, untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My fingers hovered over it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should put it inside the drawer... right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment my fingertips brushed the cool metal, something inside me tightened an instinct, a warning I couldn’t explain. I pulled my hand back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" I whispered to myself. \"Let her handle it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave the necklace one last curious look, then turned and walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By afternoon, the sun hung hot and bright, and I had lost myself in my paints again deep blues and spreading across the canvas like they were alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours passed without me noticing. It was only when a sudden burst of noise echoed down the hallway that my brush stilled in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raised, frantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wiped my hands on a cloth, confused, and walked to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, several maids huddled together in tight clusters, whispering in fierce little breaths. Their eyes were wide. Some looked scared. Others looked... eager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\" I asked, stepping toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the maids glanced at me, then at the others, before swallowing hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s... Princess Auburn’s room,\" she whispered. \"Something happened in there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart lurched painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I had been there earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without thinking, I hurried down the hall, pushing past the growing crowd gathering at her door. The murmurs, the gasps, the frantic whispers my pulse rose with each one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I reached the entrance, I had to stand on my toes to see inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn was in the middle of the room, her golden hair wild around her shoulders, pointing at the vanity table her voice cracking in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was right here! It was here and now it’s gone! Do you understand? Gone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Cherry and Princess Coral were both beside her Cherry tall and cold, Coral gentler but clearly shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is wrong?\" Coral asked, trying to place a calming hand on Auburn’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The royal necklace!\" Auburn screamed. \"The diamond necklace! It’s not here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breath caught in my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necklace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same necklace I had seen hours ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at the empty place where it had been, shock rippling through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how? No one else should have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn whirled around, breathing hard. \"I haven’t stepped inside since this morning! So whoever cleaned this room last... they must have taken it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd gasped. My stomach twisted sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before anyone could respond, the Queen swept into the room her presence commanding presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is all this noise?\" she demanded, her voice slicing through the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn turned to her, frantic. \"Grandma, the royal necklace someone stole it! It was on my vanity and now it’s gone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Queen’s eyes narrowed, scanning the room. \"Stolen? By whom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auburn lifted her chin. \"I don’t know... but the last person in here must have been the cleaner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heavy silence fell over the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Princess Cherry’s gaze slid to the crowd by the door. \"And who,\" she asked slowly, \"cleaned this room today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat tightened. My palms began to sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice barely came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I did,\" I whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every head in the room turned toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>",1224,"2026-06-06T04:22:25.014Z",1,"novelbin.me","02c5ef388d1024b6cde13522f83705733232436da635b804ed4c6181ce06a90d","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-636","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-634",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]