[{"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-720":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},1497104,1945,"Chapter 720: RETURN","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-720",720,"\u003Cp>Hello. My sweet sweet and amazing readers. I have been terribly ill. Started this month and year with such high hopes until I fell ill. For a while now I had experienced my eyes burning. But I ignored it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day I went off my eyes burned so bad. Water kept on coming out and reflection of light made it worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost went blind. I had to stay in completely dark rooms and avoid any stream of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctors said my cornea had been infected by a virus and by avoiding the signs made it worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m lucky or I would have been blind in one eye worst case scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a terrible month for me and as you know my work is online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m on drugs, have a new pair of glasses and eye drops and I can now face the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This month I’ll run four Chapters daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make up for what I lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No I won’t leave you hanging. Not in such a way. I genuinely apologize for my silence and I can understand the pain you must have felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would never abandon you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve given me so much and I can’t explain how grateful I am.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore I have created a discord server to update my readers on anything that goes on with the books and myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get updates and sneak peaks on the books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yes I will be continuing all my books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you for being patient and I welcome you back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stephanie King would be nowhere without you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to mention names but I don’t want to make anyone jealous. *Wink*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you are all dear to me\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click the link in my Bio for the link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I ASSURE YOU! THESE ChapterS ARE HIT AFTER HIT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WELCOME TO VOLUME II\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TO UNDERSTAND JASMINE’S STORY AND EXPLAIN QUESTIONS THAT ALL NEED ANSWERS, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ONE\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SCARLETT’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come here darling. What happened to your arm?\" My mother asked me as she looked down at the arm I had been expertly hiding for a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or so I had thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed hard and she caught my arm behind my back and pulled it forward to look at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gasped when she saw the large gash of wound on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had happened just recently and so my wolf hadn’t healed it yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother’s face fell in disappointment. \"Scarlett. Again? What has been going on? You keep on falling all the time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then I heard familiar footsteps approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong Rose?\" Aunty Hildegard’s voice echoed behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted the ground to open and swallow me whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mother sighed and her face was written with worry and disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scarlett has another injury. Again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunty Hildegard turned around and inspected the arm herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the seventh time this month.\" Mother said looking very displeased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eight I believe.\" Hildegard added with a sad voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eight!\" Mother gasped in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she turned to look at me. \"Sweetie what’s going on? How do you keep on getting these injuries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve just been careless mum.\" I explained hoping that she would understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother looked like she didn’t know what to believe anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could hurt yourself more than this.\" Mother said as she gently cupped my cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll try do better mum.\" I assured even though it wasn’t up to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother looked hopeless and I didn’t blame her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she knew the truth, she was going to be furious and that meant putting my sister Coral in trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever we played, Coral always mistakenly pushed me or caused an injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I told mother, then I had no idea how she was going to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coral was younger sister as I had grown to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were just seven years old and as the older one, I was supposed to shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the future heir to the throne, mother had explained that I need to bear the blunt end of things sometimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment Aunt Cherry waltzed in, none other than Coral trolling behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister sister.\" Aunty Cherry said in a sing son voice. \"Why the strange air of tension in here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Hildegard’s face screwed up immediately she sighted Aunt Cherry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suspected Aunt Hildegard didn’t like Aunt Cherry at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was my aunt, but sometimes I felt she was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I kept it to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother sighed and waved her hand off and then turned to Coral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haven’t you been seeing your sister hurt yourself?\" Mum asked Coral sternly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coral turned to look at me, and we maintained eye contact for a brief second before she turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We had been playing hide and seek in the garden again a few hours ago and when I was hiding, Coral had jumped up on me from behind and I had landed on my arm against a bush of thorns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had screamed. \"Found you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughed and run off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hasn’t noticed that I had injured, simply left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t notice mum.\" Coral said plainly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is your sister!\" Mother snapped sternly. \"Whether older or not, you two are meant to look out for each other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coral pouted and I quickly intervened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mum it wasn’t her fault. It was merely mine. I won’t fall again.\" I said in a bid to quickly save my sister from the wrath of our mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are kids Rose.\" Cherry said as she smiled. \"These things happen. Don’t make a big issue out of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eight falls in a month isn’t a thing that just happens.\" Mother exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurt me to see mother mad at me, it also hurt me to know that I could put my sister in trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I took the blame for myself and decided I would handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Make sure to be extremely careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coral lately had been furious with me and I had no idea why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting her in the spotlight would further make her angry with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was my twin sister and I couldn’t have anything coming in between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is Rachel?\" Mother demanded aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel was our nanny and I had put her into trouble too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coral had said we should sneak out and play by ourselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel coming around made it not play time enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I regretted it because she was going to be scolded for letting us out of her sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The large mahogany doors opened and my person guard who had been assigned to me since I was a baby came into the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your majesty.\" He bowed down to my mother. And then he turned to me. \"Future queen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw my sister squeeze her face in disapproval as she stood behind Aunt Cherry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was slowly realizing that Corral wasn’t too pleased with me becoming future Queen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurt me to see my sister resent me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lucas.\" Mother said waving her hand in acknowledgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand was pressed against her forehead and she looked exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s time for the girls to go for their monthly fishing expedition.\" He replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed and nodded. \"It’s fine. They can go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is Rachel?\" Mother demanded looking around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment a frantic Rachel rushed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked as though she had rushed through hell and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair was a mess and her face was written with agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she sat eyes on Corral and I she sighed in relief and her face eased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately remembered her place and curtseyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your majesty.\" She greeted mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where have you been?\" Mother demanded in anger. \"These girls aren’t to be let alone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please forgive me your majesty.\" She said fumbling with her words. \"I was with them and then... I... er.... I ju.... Please I’m sorry your majesty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said as she dropped to her on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will handle this later.\" Mother sneered. \"They are going on their fishing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel nodded and took coral’s hand and was about to take my hand when mother called me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked up to her seated on the throne and she gently touched my cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there something you aren’t telling me my gem?\" She asked me her eyes hovering over mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a split second i considered telling her the truth, but I decided against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll be more careful mum.\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked a bit disappointed and with a heavy sigh she pulled me into a warm embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I love you Scarlett. Even when I’m upset. I’ll always love you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that she gave me a kiss on my forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I went out with the guard and nanny, I never knew it would be the last time I would see my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>",1468,"2026-06-06T04:22:27.141Z",1,"novelbin.me","b4697e192587eb4c45afc23d9534b04ada151433235c17da331c570a7dfe50e0","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-661","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-719",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]