[{"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-681":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},1497133,1945,"Chapter 681: AWAY","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-681",681,"\u003Cp>I looked back down at my emerald necklace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had it my entire life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had burned me when I had stepped into the royal pack, but it had never once glowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was beyond me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the emerald on the throne as it illuminated together, like a rise and fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was fascinated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was in utter disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked up at the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is happening?\" I asked him, further confused about what I was experiencing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled at me coyly. \"There is so much about yourself you do not know, your majesty. If you shift, you shall experience a taste of your power at its full potential.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave a wry smile. \"About that. I’m an unshifted wolf.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was no longer smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I beg your pardon?\" He asked me, trying to grasp the gravity of what I was saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed heavily. \"That’s what I was trying to tell you. I’m not your majesty or who you have mistaken me to be. I have never shifted in my entire life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at me, appalled, and soon there were whispers amongst everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it the turning point where they were going to kill me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man looked at me, his face written in complete confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well.\" He began his soft smile returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he had spoken, the hall went hush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sure we would find our way around this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed and turned back to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is my necklace glowing with that?\" I asked, nodding at the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because my dear.\" He said, coming to my side and placing his hand on my shoulder. \"Your necklace is a piece of one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He examined my necklace expertly, his hands rubbing against the glowing jewel. \"And this very piece is the doorway to your many answers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was so lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, I had had enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look.\" I cleared my throat as I pushed his hands away. \"The only reason why I came here is to find my uncle Aiden. His brother was Bale, and I believe he was last seen and heard of in the distant lands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pointed at the painting of the blonde man above the throne room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe that’s him.\" I declared. \"I just want to know where he is. He can help me find my family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strange man watched me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he held my hands and led me to the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You shall understand it all very soon, your majesty.\" He said to me. \"We have been waiting for your arrival for years now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was further confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He motioned to the throne for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one has sat there ever since...\" his voice trailed off before finally saying. \"Sit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found myself being compelled to sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat on the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that very moment, I felt a sudden burst of connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather suddenly turned dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beams of afternoon sunlight disappeared very rapidly from view until they were gone completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire atmosphere was dark as though night had fallen in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard a sound above me, and I slowly looked up ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A round hole revealed itself, and the moon shone directly on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the wolves standing there at that very moment began to howl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My necklace wasn’t just glowing anymore; I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at my hands and saw that they were glowing green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like my necklace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden surge of power hit me at that very moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was overwhelmed, and my entire being began to shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I held onto my tummy to protect my baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The howling continued while I experienced the passage of power through my soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a bright light, and I closed my eyes, my stomach being held by hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single sound was made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I paused, trying to catch my breath, still very much refusing to hold my breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could no longer feel the surge of power, nor could I feel the bright light that had initially enveloped me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I opened one eye slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was in an entirely different room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I opened the other one to be sure what I was looking at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth be told, I was in an entirely different room\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ancient, older than any pack I had ever known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was cool and still, carrying the faint scent of stone, incense, and something wild and untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tall arched windows lined both sides of the chamber, stretching from the polished stone floor to a ceiling so high it disappeared into shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light poured through them in long golden ribbons, dust motes drifting like slow-falling stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the glass, the lands stretched endlessly. Rolling hills, forests kissed by dawn, mountains standing like silent guardians, and birds singing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the windows hung great swathes of a flag\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the pale white of weakness or surrender, but a strong, luminous white woven thick and heavy, edged with silver thread that caught the light when the air shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of each cloth was the same crest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head lifted in a silent howl, eyes carved sharp and intelligent, fur detailed down to each etched strand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breath caught painfully in my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the same crest that I had seen on the wolves in the distant lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor beneath my feet was smooth marble veined with silver and black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Columns rose along the walls, carved with runes and scenes of wolves shifting, crowns being placed, a woman standing beneath a full moon with her hands pressed to her stomach. I couldn’t look at that carving for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood up from the throne I was on and looked at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nothing like the one I had sat on, all except for the emerald embedded into it at the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chair itself was stone massive, raw, carved from a single slab of ancient rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The back curved high like the spine of a mountain, etched with the same white wolf crest, larger here, more imposing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silver veins ran naturally through the stone, glowing faintly, pulsing as if the throne itself had a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power radiated from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around frantically, wondering how the hell I had gotten here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was most certainly not the distant lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or had I gone mad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or worse, was I dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then I heard footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could turn around, the doors swung open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man walked in, and the closer he got to me, the more I squinted to see who it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it occurred to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than the man in the painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Aiden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mouth dropped until he stood before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the painting, when I had said he seemed to have an energy that drew you to him, I thought how handsome he looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was stunning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled at me. \"Jasmine. My daughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he enveloped me in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell?\u003C\u002Fp>",1190,"2026-06-06T04:22:25.635Z",1,"novelbin.me","d32d479fd98619ec833f37965823a0da4771923699555b92f4284dc60bfb763c","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-682","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-680",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]