[{"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-644":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},1497068,1945,"Chapter 644: A QUEEN’S CONFRONTATION","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-644",644,"\u003Cp>Hildegard did not knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stormed into the royal antechamber with a fury that made servants scatter like frightened mice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey hey hey you can’t just go in.\" The guards said as the ran after her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She ignored them and marched in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her steps were sharp, her jaw tight, her eyes burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came to a halt in front of the seat were Rose sat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your majesty,\" she said stiffly, \"I need a word. Privately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards came up beside Hildegard and attempted to take her arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She growled at them and snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you dare set your filthy hands on me.\" Hildegard snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They became tensed, quickly withdrew and looked to the Queen for support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Queen Rose looked up from the stack of parchments she was reviewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was tired, drawn, older than usual the kind of tiredness that came from guilt, not age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forgive your majesty.\" The guards apologized. \"She insisted and when we didn’t allow her, she barged in. We tried to explain to her you had asked not be disturbed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine you may go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone leave us,\" she commanded quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her attendants bowed and hurried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards were the last to leave as you could hear them pulling the heavy doors shut behind them. The silence that followed was tense and heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard turned to face the Queen immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose sighed. \"Hildegard... I know you and I are not on good terms. But then this isn’t the way for us to-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hildegard cut her off sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could you do this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose blinked, taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How,\" Hildegard repeated, voice trembling with anger, \"could you allow them to arrest her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose closed her eyes briefly. \"Hildegard, I understand your frustration and how you feel the same way and-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"THEN WHY,\" Hildegard snapped, \"WHY DID YOU LET THEM TAKE HER?! IF YOU CLAIM TO FEEL THE SAME WAY WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU LET THEM TAKE HER AWAY?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice cracked across the room like a whip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose’s face tightened with pain. \"My hands are tied Hildegard. It isn’t as easy as you think it to be. The evidence is damning and I-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are the Queen,\" Hildegard spat. \"You knowing she is innocent should be enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is NOT enough!\" Rose’s voice finally rose. \"Do you think I like what I am doing? Do you think I enjoy watching that child suffer? Especially after everything she has been through?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard scoffed. \"If you didn’t, then you would stop it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose stiffened, eyes glowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am doing everything I can,\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard stepped closer, face twisted with rage. \"You adore Jasmine, yet you let them drag her away like a criminal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The necklace was found in her wardrobe,\" Rose said quietly, as if that alone was a chain around her throat. \"You were there. You saw with your very own eyes when J myself picked it up. Not a guard or a maid or anyone. But me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And isn’t it OBVIOUS someone planted it?\" Hildegard demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose looked away. \"I considered that. But we are still investigating and it’s going to-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh please,\" Hildegard hissed, rolling her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose turned back to her, stunned. \"Do you think being Queen is easy? You think making decisions like this comes without consequences?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it comes easy,\" Hildegard shot back, \"when it’s YOUR OWN FAMILY setting Jasmine up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That struck Rose like a physical blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face drained of color. \"What... what did you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard didn’t hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s obvious, Rose. Auburn is not your granddaughter and deep down you KNOW it. You doubt it. But because of your cowardice, you refuse to confront it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose staggered back a step. \"I... I have no idea what you’re talking about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a tense silence that felt like a sharp knife edging between both their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard felt terrible for what she said and considered apologizing but soon when she thought about Rose let them get away with so much, she once again became infuriated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then arrest me,\" Hildegard snapped as she offered her hands up . \"Go on. Do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose stared at her, horrified. \"Hildegard what are you saying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard lifted her chin, voice hard. \"I am the one who stole the jewelry. Isn’t that what it means if it was found in the wardrobe? Jasmine and I share it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose shook her head violently. \"No. I cannot do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard stepped closer, eyes blazing. \"Then I will tell everyone that I stole it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re lying,\" Rose whispered, voice cracking. \"Everyone will know it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let them,\" Hildegard hissed. \"At least then Jasmine will not lose her eyes and hands for a crime she never committed. You need a sacrificial lamb don’t you? Then use me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose’s breath hitched. Her throat moved as she swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can never do such a thing,\" she whispered, tears forming finally. \"Hildegard... no...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hildegard wasn’t finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jasmine,\" she said, voice low, shaking, \"will have her eyes plucked out. HER HANDS CUT before she is finally served her body as a meal to eat. And then be sent to Wolf Abide Prison. Those are the laws given in the pack. Do you understand what that means, Rose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose covered her mouth as if she couldn’t breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She will die,\" Hildegard whispered fiercely. \"She cannot survive what your laws demand. And YOU KNOW THIS. You. Know. It.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose’s tears finally spilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know,\" she whispered brokenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And yet you allow it?\" Hildegard choked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose opened her mouth to speak-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the doors slammed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Roland strode inside, looking between both women, brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is going on?\" he demanded as goes hovered from both women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hildegard turned to him slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were blazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath was shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her rage was barely contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t greet him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she hissed, actually hissed, with pure disgust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And stormed out of the room without a second glance, leaving a stunned Queen and a confused King behind.\u003C\u002Fp>",1006,"2026-06-06T04:22:25.014Z",1,"novelbin.me","ea628dd407379499554914aa69576a12c2256004d61165db9b39f6263128f5a6","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-645","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-643",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]