The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201: BEHEADED

The blood spattered across the floor and then over their faces as the head became still.

He just stared in absolute horror and gore.

To think that this had been Jasmine .

He felt his stomach twist with uneasiness, and he held it.

"Do not throw up." Erik said as he now stepped back from the dead creature.

Xaden manned up and swallowed it down to dissolve any feeling of nausea.

"W-why did it come for only me?" Xaden questioned. "All the men were still asleep, and I was the only one who wandered away, was I not?"

"The Ryilat feasts on your deepest desires. Your desire to see Jasmine and have her with you was obviously very strong. Stronger than all the other wolves around." Erik said as he crossed over the decapitated body.

"It was going to lure you into the forest," Erik said. "Thank the gods that I got you on time."

"How did you know I was in trouble?" Xaden asked.

"Elyon and I were on the night watch and when I returned you were already gone". He informed him. "I made Elyon stay and watch over the others while I went after you. It is rare for the beast to come out of the forest."

Then he turned to the line that separated them from the forest and pointed it out.

"You see that?" He asked Xaden. "That is the only thing that protects us from things like the Ryliat. They can not cross out we can only enter. But in rare cases ones pull for the desire of a lost one can drag one to come across. It is rare but it happens."

Xaden was quiet.

"Come on." Erik titled his head towards a different angle of their own forest. "That ryliat blood can stick if we do not wash it off. There is a stream nearby."

Erik led the way and Xaden followed him behind.

They walked down a path that did not cross towards the dark forest and descended a small, steep hill.

Then they saw a lake.

Erik followed the other side, and Xaden went down.

The moonlight shown against the beautiful and quiet lake glistening like diamond sparkles.

He knelt by the lake and set the water against his face.

"You care for her very much Xaden," Erik informed him after a short silence.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," Xaden said feigning confusion.

He rubbed the water over his face and washed off the ryliat blood.

"God, this smells so bad," Xaden swore.

Xaden sighed and rubbed his fingers through his hair.

"It does not matter," Xaden said. "Nothing can ever come out of it. Once I end Bale, I will get rid of her."

Xaden came off the rock, and Erik held him

Back.

"Do not suppress your emotions." He advised. "It will not get anywhere."

"So what do you think I should do?" Xaden asked. "Restore her from being a slave and welcome her into the pack as our own. Marry her?"

"Technically, you are already married." Erik pointed out with a laugh.

Xaden gave him a blank stare that wiped off the smile from her face.

"But I want you to think about it," Erik said. "On a more serious note. You should not care about what anyone says or how anyone feels. To bell with the pack."

"I am their leader. My uncle, and then there is my mate Lily and-

"I do not trust your uncle, but that is a story for another day. At the end of the day, how long will you keep on living for everyone and live for yourself." Erik asked. "You have already disappointed your uncle, so you might go ahead with it. But it is your life. Do not do something that is your responsibility. But do it because you want to."

And then Erik came down from the rock and walked back towards where the men were.