[{"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-680":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},1497132,1945,"Chapter 680: THE GLOWING NECKLACE","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-680",680,"\u003Cp>My feet felt heavy as they guided me through the corridors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step echoed too loudly in my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your majesty,\" the man said again, gesturing for me to walk ahead of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hated the word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt foreign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still wondered how insane this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of wolves in the distant lands committing treason by calling me their majesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they were all insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suspected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all I had to do was play along until I could find my way out of here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or better still, uncle I saw my uncle Aiden and he would help me out of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hopefully he was nothing like Bale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clutched my cloak tighter around myself, my other hand instinctively resting over my stomach as if I could shield my child from whatever awaited me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We passed through halls carved from dark stone, lit by torches that hissed softly as we moved. Wolves lined the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some, some robed, all watching me with an intensity that made my skin crawl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That frightened me more than chains ever could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop calling me that,\" I said finally, my voice tight. \"I don’t know what game you’re playing, but I’m not royalty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man glanced back at me, then slowed his pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is no game,\" he replied calmly. \"And if you were not who we believe you to be, you would not have made it past the healer’s door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart thudded painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean the woman who slapped me?\" I snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused and everyone else stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly turned to look at me and then his hands reached out to my cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May I?\" He asked before his fingers touched them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave a slight shrug and then he very gently caressed the place where the imprint lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked at the stern cold faced Healer before turning back to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She did this to you your majesty?\" He asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt a chill in bones once I heard him refer to me as his majesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to tell myself that they were all insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That they were all mad wolves who were times fifty worse than Otto worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept my mouth shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t say a word to him, my eyes simply diverted healer who stood with her face emotionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My apologies.\" he said and then he snapped his fingers at healer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came right to his very before in a matter of minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then it happened too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could say a word, he smacked her right across the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except it wasn’t his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had so expertly and quickly shifted his hands to his massive wolf claws before reverting back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You would have never believed he had even shifted if you didn’t see the red blood lines on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I jerked back impulsively, taken aback by what had hit transpired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wound apologize to her majesty.\" He told her with a stern and yet firm voice that commanded authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to me and bowed, I wanted to take another step back but the guards were right behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nowhere to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forgive me for my foolishness your majesty.\" She apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around and I saw they all had their eyes watching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for me to pass judgement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for me to sever her head or forgive her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t like the power being handed to me so callously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me sick to my stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed hard and nodded at her. \"It’s fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly rose up and walked back to her place at the back of the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once again my apologies.\" He said with a smile that scared me. \"It will not happen again. She would still be punished later. We must continue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that he resumed walking ahead, forcing me to follow along like an obedient puppy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time we reached the grand foyer where the large painting of the man hung of the wall, what seemed like all the servants were standing, waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was repulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart was racing so fast as they had their eyes on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eyes, I saw hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hope for what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps I was simply imagining it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually I was brought to stand in front of a large throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was old and unlike nothing I had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artistic work on it was elegant and the cusion itself seemed so soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was placed right under the large portrait of the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have been waiting for you for a very long time your majesty.\" I blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were staring at me as if waiting for me to perform some sort of miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think you have the wrong person.\" I said no longer able to keep this up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked up to me very slowly, his boots in rhythm with his footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he came to a halt and before I could stop him, he had his had at the front bodice of my dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gasped but he simply pulled my necklace by the gold chain until the pendant revealed itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to snatch it from his grasp but I wisely held myself back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He undid the screws holding the locket in place and then the locket fell to the floor in a clank clank sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reveled my emerald necklace as he placed it softly on my palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t do anything to it.\" I warned him over-protectively without thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rose a brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then all of a sudden, the necklace that stayed glowing in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at it to be sure I was seeing well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The illumination of the green necklace was across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped aside letting the necklace rest on my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He motioned go the throne where at its very center, an emerald stone illuminated just like mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were glowing at the same frequency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I did not know, was that the pieces of emerald Queen Rose had, was equally glowing.\u003C\u002Fp>",1025,"2026-06-06T04:22:25.635Z",1,"novelbin.me","aea60e9a5483ab1f9ea912a7400e7da0fe98cf02455773fd7f1bfd57d6dc5b6e","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-681","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-679",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]