The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 623

Chapter 623: A COVER UP

XADEN’S POV

I looked all over her.

Her sudden claims of Princess Cherry.

I found that had to believe.

There was barely any ever connection Uther had to Cherry.

Especially since Uther was now headed for the cave of chaos.

I still had to be present when they were taken down into the Cave of Chaos.

As Alpha of the pack, it was expected that I had to be present when the sentence is being handed out.

I sighed heavily.

I was going to have to be present for the opening of Cave of Chaos.

I considered having Lisa wait till I got back.

But I changed my mind.

I wanted to have it done once and for all.

"Take her to the room Jasmine had been locked in." I said. "If she can give us something, then her death would be merciful."

Lisa screamed and began to plead but I ignored her.

The guards dragged Lisa down the corridor, her shrill protests ricocheting off the stone walls like knives. I didn’t bother to look at her.

Not yet. If I did, I wasn’t sure what part of me would react,

the part that had lost a child, or the part that had just lost the last shred of patience I had left.

Behind me, Fiona swallowed hard.

She’d seen me angry before.

She’d never seen me like this.

"I’ll come with you." Fiona said silently behind my back.

I nodded.

She followed silently as we cut through the castle corridors, the torches flickering as if afraid. I could feel her eyes on my back, worried, confused, but stronger than most. She didn’t speak.

She knew better than to speak right now.

I was overwhelmed by everything.

My heart was broken into pieces.

My sister had lied and betrayed me.

I was forced to execute her.

Torn between being a brother, father and an Alpha.

And I had also lost my uncle.

Now I was facing a servant of mine who had been the architect of it all.

We were led to the room Jasmine had been kept in and the moment I stepped in, I was hit by a sickening feeling.

It was cold and sad room.

Had only a bed by the wall, there was no light to tell what time it was, just cold and dark.

I closed my eyes, ashamed and hurt that I had made her go through this.

I wondered how she had spent her nights here.

How she had lost the baby here.

My throat became clouded and I felt like I could barely breathe.

Tears gathered in my eyes as I took in the surroundings.

"Xaden" Fiona’s gentle hand touched my shoulder, snapping me back to reality.

I blinked quickly to hide back the tears and turned around with a tight jaw.

"Are you okay?" She asked softly.

I looked back and saw that Lisa and the guards were now waiting for me.

She had been forced down on the floor while the guards stood behind her hostilely.

"Alpha, please-"

"Shut up."

She went still.

Her eyes darted to Fiona, then to me. She realized she no longer had the leverage she thought she had.

She knelt straighter, forcing a calm she didn’t feel.

"I won’t speak unless I’m given a deal," Lisa said, her voice trembling only at the edges. "If I tell you what I know, I want protections. Amnesty. A new identity. I-

Was she mad?

I wanted to laugh.

I stepped closer.

Her words died.

"You think," I said quietly, "that you are in any position to negotiate?"

She swallowed.

"You need what I know," she whispered. "Without me-

"I don’t need anything from you." I stated clearly.

My voice was too calm. Fiona tensed behind me.

Lisa flinched.

"You will talk," I continued. "Not because I offered a deal but because you understand exactly what I will do if you don’t."

I snapped my finger at her, bringing her to look at me.

And then I traced my finger around the room and then down to the floor.

"Do you see where we are?" I asked her. "Don’t know where we are?"

She was trembling.

She didn’t say a word.

"This is where Jasmine lost our child." I said explicitly. "A child that I believe I would never be able to conceive and yet it happened."

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