[{"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-718":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},1497101,1945,"Chapter 718: A RESTLESS MOTHER","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-718",718,"\u003Cp>Aria watched the man as he struggled to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held the baby to her chest as he coughed up blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew that this was the man she had initially seen in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very same one whom she had slapped at the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>knowing what she knew, seeing what she had seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who had viciously attacked her whilst the baby wept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, the very man whom she had first seen with the baby, she didn’t know who to trust anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this was the child’s father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria looked at the man and then back at the child; they didn’t share any resemblance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something within her told him he wasn’t, and yet he was something close to the child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t place a finger on whether he was good or bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me the child.\" The man struggled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hair was mashed with blood, and from the looks of it, it was most likely not his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he rose to his feet, his right hand held his side firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood seeped out, and Aria instantly remembered him fighting the attacker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t recall him getting that cut from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made her wonder who else he had been fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where he had even gotten that cut from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not a place for a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is its mother?\" She demanded from him, her cold hands trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had barely been able to attack the first attacker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She doubted that she would be able to survive any attack from him, despite his wounds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet stubbornness wouldn’t let her refrain from defending the child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave a cold smile, and his eyes showed danger. \"And what gives you the right to ask such a question?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swallowed, but refused to let on that she was terrified to the bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because a mother would never let her baby, who is barely a month old, into the arms of a dangerous man,\" Aria said carelessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mention of the word ’*Mother*’ seemed to instantly infuriate him because the color in his eyes flashed with danger, and she cautiously took a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the man still didn’t attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, he gave a lucid smile. \"Foolish woman. I can kill you instantly. Tear you into two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why haven’t you?\" She asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smile fell instantly, and despite his cut, he rose to his feet, towering over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have a sharp mouth.\" He spoke. \"And a very unwise brain that should tell you not to meddle in affairs that do not concern you. Hand over the boy, and I will let you live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria breathed heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The baby was sound asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew there was nothing she could do to protect him from this man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motherly instinct in her wept for this child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt a surge of milk in her breasts, and soon the baby began to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was amazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t the child’s mother\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, where is its mother?\" She pleaded in agony. \"He is hungry, and it’s cold. If you cared about him, you would understand this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t threaten him, but at least she could beg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for anything, for the child’s safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me the boy.\" He insisted in a cold, unwavering voice. \"I will not ask you again. Be assured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood with his hands outstretched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew he was in excruciating pain and still insisted on taking the baby away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The baby was now screaming louder than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her sternly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he attacked her, she wouldn’t be able to do much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her wolf was small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never particularly cared about shifting, so she never really learned any skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A struggle with this dangerous man would not only put her life at risk, but the child’s, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would never forgive herself if, in a struggle, the child perhaps fell to the ground and died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body shivered at the thought of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing she had no choice, she felt the tears in her eyes burn as she very gently walked to the terrifying man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at his bloodied red hand and stifled before gently handing the baby to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when she thought the screams of the baby couldn’t get any worse, it did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child screamed so much her ears began to ring, and her heart broke into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, herself, began to weep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man steadied himself as he rose to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled with his stance as he held the screaming child with one hand and the other to his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His foot made a weak thud to the ground as he dragged the other one along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The baby wailed, and Aria simply stood, helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She closed her face with a hand and began to weep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt the rush of wetness in her bosom as milk began to flow into her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man staggered away, and Aria followed him very slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she knew she shouldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew she had to stay away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the more the baby wept, the more her heart bled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more milk she felt in her breasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How twisted was life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, her own child had died, and somehow she could still create food for this child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A child she had never seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never been able to love herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had even tried killing herself, and somehow she had woken up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fate had even refused to let her die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now her soul bled for this baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The baby wailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew that with the rate at which the baby screamed, it wouldn’t take long before he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She followed him behind at a reasonable distance as the man staggered through the forest with the baby in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child’s screams were the only eerie noise through the thick of the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept on going through the cold floor, and Aria followed the trail of blood even though she didn’t need to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto grunted and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>",1007,"2026-06-06T04:22:27.141Z",1,"novelbin.me","1ce63b42f2ab1f7d3d405b1f9a034a01a029a407c6a6e44fb5c6c01c9039ed00","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-660","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-659",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]