[{"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-75":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},1496649,1945,"Chapter 75: WINNER!","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>I just watched, stunned and unable to believe my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elk’s horns had been lowered to me, and even the way they bowed was so divine and majestic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it lifted its head and took a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned back to the luminous figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are not alone.\" He said. \"When you need me, I have been there for you. At the right time, you will fulfill your destiny.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fulfil my destiny?\" I was alarmed. \"I don’t understand what you’re talking about. What do you mean you have been there for? Please help me understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daughter of the red moon. You will understand.\" He assured me, and just as I was about to start begging, the light began to diminish bit by bit until it was gone entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no one there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could have said that I imagined it all had it been for the white elk who still stood before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now grazing the grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could determine whether I had dreamed it was real, I heard some noises in the bush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflex and I stood right before the white elk again, but this time it was Xaden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re alive and well.\" I said my heart was in my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You found it.\" That was the first thing he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he came towards us, and then he stopped short when he saw the wolf dead at my feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You killed him?\" He asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was bewilderment and disbelief in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had told him that a person I hadn’t seen and only spoken to had been the one who killed the wolf, he would have called me insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I said. \"It was tough, but I managed to. But he had a dagger, so I used it against him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the wolf, unable to say a word, and I prayed that he wouldn’t toss the wolf over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he did, he wouldn’t find a stab wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he didn’t, and I sighed in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he walked across the wolf and came up to me. Then I remembered that he was going to want to kill the wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move aside.\" He said. \"I’m taking the horns.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had never, for once, defied him, not even for my own sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here I was, staring into his handsome face and the mark cut across his eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making him more dangerous and alluring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, he doesn’t need to die.\" I pleaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t get to decide.\" He told me, and then he took a step closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My feet went wobbly instantly. \"Mind, I remind you that you are already in big trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I said anything more, the elk stood at attention behind me, and then he bent his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought he was bowing down again, and then I saw what he was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I understood it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is offering his horns.\" I said. \"He knows you need it. You need the horns. You don’t need to kill the animal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To our shock, the horns dropped from its head to the ground, and the massive creature stood tall before galloping away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaden turned back to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked up the horns. \"Isn’t it true?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing and then collected the horns from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know what just happened, and I’m not asking.\" He said it gruffly, and then he started walking away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walk back to the arena was shorter as we followed a short route, and the moment he came to the view of the massive crowds,.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud round of applause and praise erupted in the crowds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They screamed and cheered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted the horns right in the air, and it made them go wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rose to their feet, screamed, and clapped for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"XADEN! XADEN! XADEN!\" Came the chants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to where the priestess was and dropped the horns of the massive elk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is the rest of the body?\" The high priestess asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too heavy to carry.\" I heard him say. \"Decided only to bring the horns.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was an outrageous lie, but he already had what they needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The priestess raised it in the air and said, \"We welcome our winner of the first ritual of the Halo moon, Alpha Xaden of the Crescent Pack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd went on applauding and screaming for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood in my corner and smiled at him as I clapped for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been injured enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deserved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, my intuition told me to look up in the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as if my eyes knew where to go, they stopped at the box reserved for the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King and Queen were seated together, the Princess Corral and the one I now knew as Princess Cherry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Belle was there, but she was staring right at me like she could see through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was clapping for Xaden, but her face indicated hate and anger right at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She must have taken note of me as I had walked into the arena by his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I became flushed and used the massive crowd’s advantage to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I finally reached the castle, I reduced my steps as I was exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, I sat by the edge of one of the gardens and took some air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had I dreamed what had happened? Or was it real?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could not tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had called me the daughter of the red moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did that even mean? And I had been watched over? For how long?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What importance was it for me to even be watched over by a divine figure?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed, as I couldn’t think of everything at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was extremely tired and sore from all the running I had had, so I rose up from where I was seated and went in to retire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I got into my room, Loren was asleep on his books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled, and I used a blanket to cover him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I went into my room and laid down to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>",1025,"2026-06-06T04:22:13.101Z",1,"novelbin.me","b2aa44b4c2f1952d4f57d49bd43168819315913c0ea2ba24e1093bcdef315560","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-76","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-74",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]