[{"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-719":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},1497103,1945,"Chapter 719: A TWIST OF FATE","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-719",719,"\u003Cp>Otto heard the woman scream behind him, even though he could barely control his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt himself slowly falling to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole world seemed to go dizzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mix of the baby’s scream and the lady’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made his mind go blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THE BABY!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly became alert before he hit the ground and grappled the baby around him to protect him from the impending impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady was already by his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She caught his arm and assisted in preventing his fall whilst he clutched the baby to his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need to stop this.\" She pleaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed her away and heard the thud of her fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto tried to clear his head, but the baby’s screaming didn’t make it any easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the loss of blood draining from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was getting weaker and weaker whilst his body refused to heal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned back against the tree nearest to him and tried to cool the baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shhhh.\" Otto tried to ease the boy. \"You need to b..be silent. You are hurting yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Apollo kept on screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unlike Apollo to cry this much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he hungry? Was he cold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would get him to safety soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Apollo screaming this much didn’t do them any good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could attract people to them, and that was the last thing they needed right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt himself go faint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only they could leave this place and perhaps get to the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he could heal himself just enough for them to leave for somewhere safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto held his side and looked down at the blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already infected and now spreading across his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew then that he didn’t have time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up and saw the woman who had followed him all this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he remembered her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the woman in the market this afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very same one who had given him a dirty slap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one whose front bodice of her dress had been damped with what seemed to be breast milk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes went down to her front bodice again and saw that it was damp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at Apollo, who was still screaming, and yet his high, shrill voice had been subdued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was getting weaker, he was dying, and yet still screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doubted Apollo was going to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto felt his eyes cloud up in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had just been two of them for such a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought they had a bond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was Apollo seemingly acting so strangely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to rock him, sing to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held him closer to his chest, and yet nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, the screaming went on, but his voice was weaker and weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please.\" He heard the woman’s soft voice. \"He is hungry. Let him feed, I beg you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto grumbled and drew the baby closer to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apollo continued to weep, and soon he began to cough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aggressively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coughed so much he began to choke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he resumed screaming whenever given the opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto was terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to the woman, who was no longer so far away, and looked back at Apollo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gently gripped his frail body and realized that he wasn’t doing him any favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto looked at the lady and sneered. \"If you try anything, I will rip you limb from limb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he made no false promises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to do exactly as he had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he gently opened his right arm to her view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly rushed and picked up Apollo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she had him in her arms, Apollo went hush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as though she had bewitched him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto watched in amazement as she undid the front of her blouse enough for the baby to feed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And instantly, all went completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently rocked him against her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto breathed a sigh of relief knowing Apollo was now fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, it broke his heart knowing that Apollo didn’t belong to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the blood and soul drained from his body, he felt realization hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could never really protect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was always going to be a danger to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter where they ran, no matter the year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apollo was always going to be a target as long as Otto was alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was drying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his neck where the infection had already spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wolf was dying too quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of him being a rabid wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He weakly dropped to the floor and looked up at her. \"What is your name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aria.\" She said as she held onto the boy protectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aria.\" He said her name gently. \"Do you have a family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked worried but shook her head. \"No, not anymore. I’m all alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto sighed. \"Do you care for the boy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched as she looked down at Apollo, and all he saw was love when she looked back at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I do.\" She admitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his bones getting weaker and weaker. \"People are hunting him. Never tell anyone about him. Never take off the emerald necklace on his neck or all beings will perish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked down at the boy. \"What about his family? His mother isn’t she-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has none.\" Otto cut bluntly. \"I see the effect you have on him. He has never been that way with anyone. Go far away from here. Leave everything behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to tell her about Xaden or anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The less she knew, the safer she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took off his diamond bracelet from his arm and tossed it to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sell this.\" He instructed. \"It should provide you with a decent living for years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto smiled at Apollo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something within him was telling him the child was safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His name is Apollo. Make sure you never-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>❧\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord.\" A servant said, making an abrupt stop in the throne room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly bowed to the figure that backed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A message has been sent by the witch Marie.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go on.\" A deep voice replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She..... well..... she says that. You have a child. My lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man stiffened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man turned toward the light, and Xaden’s face showed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His perfect dark hair settled on his forehead while a loose loc hung over his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His handsome face that had gone weak with sorrow and anguish still head its initial beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet this new revelation brought in light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to find them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1131,"2026-06-06T04:22:27.141Z",1,"novelbin.me","bc36eb47e70b7d4417e33f4b89c524d3a3479a3c59f0e55af415606674745d7d","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-720","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-660",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]