[{"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-678":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},1497130,1945,"Chapter 678: THE MAN IN THE PORTRAIT","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-678",678,"\u003Cp>JASMINE’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I left on at the handsome man looking down at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so handsome and something about his energy drew me to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t due to the fact that he was smiling, he just seemed like the type of man you would throw yourself in the river for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a perfectly lined jaw that I knew wasn’t exaggerated by the artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glint in his green eyes that he’d mischief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His beautiful golden hair lay neatly on his head, his perfectly arched brows fashioned his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was such a beautiful man I was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked absolutely nothing like Bale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then for a split second it made me wonder why Bale’s painting wasn’t here either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"O.... Ott.\" I muttered to him as I tried to reach his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pains had instantly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t turn away from the handsome man’s painting and kept on trying to tap Otto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmmhh?\" Otto mumbled then I heard a pause and felt him looking too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow.\" Otto said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All I could do was stare at this man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I became clouded with this overwhelming feeling of déjà vu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like I knew him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exact same way I had felt once I had gotten into the royal pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It clouded my entire emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then my spirits lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his portrait was here, then that meant he was still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to Otto with excitement. \"Otto.... I think he is alive and here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hands were shaking in glee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren’t you in pains anymore?\" He asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook my head. \"No I can barely feel a thing. I need to see him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally I was going to be able to meet him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was going to know my mother’s family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was all that mattered at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then he could interpret the last part of the map.\" Otto said in an enthusiastic tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that I had questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was finally about to be given an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hands went to my round tummy and in my heart, I gently told my baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you we were going to find a way didn’t I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then I smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come.\" Otto said to me and I noticed his eyes were wavering around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" I mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked and saw for myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes were looking at us and there were whispers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people were staring and I could see the questions in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were wondering who we were and why we were looking so much at the paintings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah we should go.\" I said agreeing without even waiting for him to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took his arm and led him to the path that had been described where the healer was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We walked down the pack halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air felt different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to try not to look out of place here.\" He whispered to me as he led me down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded in agreement as we went back on our way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere felt entire different here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pulling me in and yet telling me to run the hell back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually we got to the door of the healer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to him. \"Now what do we do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to think for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don’t we just ask about him?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we do it might raise suspicions.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chewed my bottom lip and instantly regretted why I didn’t ask the woman from last night about Aiden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then I remembered what she said about the moonlight pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She detested them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the distant lands was obviously a pack still under the moonlight pack’s control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I massaged my brow as I thought hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before we could say a word, the door was opened and a smallish woman emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was perhaps around the age of thirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had on a simple loose shirt and pants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had brown hair packed in a ponytail and a single braid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And how can I help you?\" She looked at us from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh... uhmmm... we’re looking for the healer.\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glared at me and gave a cold dead stare. \"I am the healer, what do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stifled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to Otto for support but he looked smitten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looked as though he was in a trance and nothing could bring him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned back and saw it was the healer he was looking at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the first time I had seen Otto look at anyone in such a way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t look particularly pleased at his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could say a word to bring him back to the present, I felt a pain in my tummy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ouch.\" I cried as I held my tummy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you okay?\" He asked quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I managed to breathe as I held unto his hand for support. \"I’m fine. I just need a minute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The healer looked at me from head to toe and nodded at the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she walked into the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I and Otto turned to look at each other before he led me into the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The healer’s room was a small room with neatly organized tables of potions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing like how Loren’s place was or even Nanny Nia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was well kept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat down on a couch and motioned at me to seat opposite her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto helped me take a seat and then she collected my hand and seemed to feel my pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She closed her eyes and then I saw her fangs come out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That startled me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto snarled at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the fangs went back in and she looked at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jasmine.\" She said and that further scared me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly drew my hand away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you know my name.\" I asked surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave me a coy smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile on her face I never knew would be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your father is going to be so happy to finally see you.\" She told me.\u003C\u002Fp>",1008,"2026-06-06T04:22:25.635Z",1,"novelbin.me","10002c2826150b4c5c1479f8c43c09e5cfea8f7668bc04c32fde18818666aa22","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-679","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-677",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]