The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 458

Chapter 458: PRISONER

Xaden woke up, his eyes heavy and his back ned exhausted.

He felt his open wound already smelling with infection.

He gently touched hiss side and felt very dark blood slowly slipping out.

He wasn’t bleeding as bad as he had in the beginning.

But he could tell how dangerous it was getting.

He had been bleeding for almost two weeks now and if he didn’t take care of himself, he might die.

He groaned and laid his head back against the wall.

And then it occurred to him that he had nowhere he was.

He looked around and saw that it was a dark musty room with no lights.

There weee bars before him and he knew it was a cage.

How had he even gotten here in the first place.

The last thing that he remembered was being dizzy and finally passing out.

When and how had he gotten here.

He reached for the bars and it burned him, he immediately flinched.

Then he heard footsteps approach.

Refusing to look defeated and still very much defiant, Xaden looked up to see who his kidnapper was.

He perceived the familiar scent and he knew that this must be one of the people who were present at the gruesome attack that night.

A man probably in his late twenties appeared before Xaden.

He had a smile stuck on his face, and a fur coat that made him seem to look on top of the world.

"Hello Xaden." The man said. "It’s an honor to finally meet you."

"Alpha Xaden." Xaden corrected.

"My apologies, we have seen before. The night I attacked you and your men. Can you remember that?"

Xaden said nothing.

Simply glared at the man before him.

"My name is Hunter. Alpha hunter." He said as he offered his hand out for Xaden to shake.

"Oh sorry you’re in a cell." Hunter laughed and withdrew his hand.

Then Hunter folded his arms and looked at him.

"How quickly the mighty have fallen." He said. "I used to hear stories of you. Great Alpha Xaden. The one who died and came back to life. Lost his family and entire pack and yet created a new ones. Defeated his enemies. Defeated the great Moonlight pack. I have heard so many tales about you. I was so excited to actually encounter you."

Hunter sighed. "But unfortunately you disappointed me. Look at you now. I took your party in a few minutes. Look at where you are now. Look at yourself. Just a mess. A disappointment to your name. You could have done much better. You could have been better."

"Well too bad. You must be a ghost because I’ve never heard of you." Xaden said with sarcasm.

Hunter’s face twitched. "Don’t worry soon, everyone will know me."

And at that moment Xaden spat at Hunter through the bars of the cell.

"You killed my men. If you think that I’m going to let you have anything then yoy are sick in your head."

Hunter very gently cleaned the saliva off his face and then used a hankie to clean his hands.

"You want to play the hard way." Hunter said. "So be it. But when they all die the same way your little friend’s family did don’t blame me."

Xaden rose a brow.

Hunter must have read his expression because he chuckled. "Your little errand boy? Marro? The one that you put in trouble. His whole family is dead."

Xaden clenched his jaw in rage.

"His mother, father, brother, dead. All because of you. And who is to blame? Only you. Their bloods are on your head. And when I find your little friend he is going to be skinned alive and hung in the pack square."

Xaden tried his best to not show emotion.

But he was burning as he worried for Marro.

He should have known to never have him involved in all of this.

"Anyone who dies? It’s all on you Xaden. Remember that. Perhaps if you come crawling to me, then I would consider." Hunter said. "I have to go now. I have a very very important guest who is waiting for me. The chat was nice."

And then Hunter flung the hankie at him and turned his back on him before heading out of the cell.

Once he was gone, Xaden leaned his back hard against the wall.

Defeated.